A hotspot of non-native marine fishes: evidence for the aquarium trade as an invasion pathway

By B. Semmens, E. Buhle, A. Salomon, C. Pattengill-Semmens. 2004

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Subfields: Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Molecular Biology

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Predatory fish invaders: Insights from Indo-Pacific lionfish in the western Atlantic and Caribbean (2013, background): “Moreover, off the southeast coast of the US, the non-native marine fish species sighted by recreational divers are disproportionately among the species most frequently imported by the local aquarium trade (Semmens et al., 2004).”
Reconstructing the lionfish invasion: insights into Greater Caribbean biogeography (2011, background): “…of founders, the most likely vector of the WA lionfish invasion is probably multiple aquarium releases of fish and possibly eggs in waters off Florida Journal of Biogeography 38, 1281–1293 1289 ª 2011 Blackwell Publishing Ltd (Whitfield et al., 2002; Semmens et al., 2004; Morris & Akins, 2009).”
Mitochondrial control region sequence analyses indicate dispersal from the US East Coast as the source of the invasive Indo-Pacific lionfish Pterois volitans in the Bahamas (2009, background): “These observations combined with genetics may provide the means to understand, as never before, marine connectivity within the tropical and subtropical western North Atlantic and at the same time, validate model predictions.”
Geographic extent and chronology of the invasion of non-native lionfish (Pterois volitans (Linnaeus 1758) and P. miles (Bennett 1828)) in the Western North Atlantic and Caribbean Sea (2009, background): “Many other reports of lionfish were documented in southeast Florida between 1999 and 2003 by Semmens et al. (2004), who attributed many of these sightings to releases by home aquarists.”
Predicting invasiveness of species in trade: climate match, trophic guild and fecundity influence establishment and impact of non‐native freshwater fishes (2016, background): “Further, >6% of aquarists in the northwestern United States have released live fishes (Strecker et al., 2011).”
Global Analysis of Factors Affecting the Outcome of Freshwater Fish Introductions (2005, background): “At the same time, introductions continue to occur as byproducts of trade (Wonham et al. 2000), escapes from aquaria or aquaculture (Semmens et al. 2004), and direct releases in attempts to develop new fisheries (McKinney 2001), among others.”
Worst case scenario: potential long-term effects of invasive predatory lionfish (Pterois volitans) on Atlantic and Caribbean coral-reef communities (2011, background): “The most likely vectors for the introduction were releases or escapes from marine aquaria (Hare and Whitfield 2003; Semmens et al. 2004; Ruiz-Carus et al. 2006).”
Effectiveness of lionfish removal efforts in the Southern Caribbean (2013, background): “P. volitans/miles were first sighted in the Atlantic region near the southeast coast of North America in 1985, where they had likely been released by aquarists (Semmens et al. 2004).”
Thermal tolerance and potential distribution of invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans/miles complex) on the east coast of the United States (2004, background): “…Pterois miles · Invasive species · Species range limits · Temperature tolerance Resale or republication not permitted without written consent of the publisher Mar Ecol Prog Ser 283: 269–278, 2004 Vagelli 2001, Semmens et al. 2004), information on the thermal tolerances of tropical fishes is vital.”
Risks of biological control for conservation purposes (2012, background): “…of goods: numbers of nursery catalogs and other indications of horticultural activity (Mulvaney 2001), area and dates of plantings (Krivánek et al. 2006), aquarium trade figures (Semmens et al. 2004), boat and shipping traffic (Schneider et al. 1998; Colautti et al. 2003; Semmens et al. 2004).”
Predation rates of Indo-Pacific lionfish on Bahamian coral reefs (2010, background): “The sources of introduction are likely to be accidental releases from aquaria (Semmens et al. 2004), probably in Florida, which is the location of the first records in US waters (Whitfield et al. 2002, Ruiz-Carus et al. 2006).”