Biological invasion of the Indo-Pacific lionfish Pterois volitans along the Atlantic coast of North America

By Paula E. Whitfield, T. Gardner, S. Vives, Matthew R. Gilligan, W. Courtenay, G. Carleton Ray, Jonathan A. Hare. 2002

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Subfields: Global and Planetary Change, Ocean Engineering, Paleontology

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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): “Bermuda Islands The first lionfish recorded from Bermuda was a juvenile taken from a tide pool on the southern shore of the island in 2000 (Whitfield et al. 2002).”
Thermal tolerance and potential distribution of invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans/miles complex) on the east coast of the United States (2004, background): “Further, the incongruence between the inshore distribution of lionfish in their native range and their primarily offshore distribution in their introduced range could be a result of temperature-limited distribution during winter (Whitfield et al. 2002).”
Recent invasion of a Florida (USA) estuarine system by lionfish Pterois volitans / P. miles. (2011, background): “The spread of invasive lionfish in the western Atlantic and Carib bean has been well documented (Whitfield et al. 2002, Hamner et al. 2007, Freshwater et al. 2009, Schofield 2009), with the invasion considered 1 of the top 15 emerging environmental issues at a global scale (Suther land et ©…”
Invasive Indo-Pacific lionfish Pterois volitans reduce recruitment of Atlantic coral-reef fishes (2008, background): “Whether the introduction of lionfish to the Atlantic occurred as a single event or multi- ple events, it is likely that the source of the introduction was intentional or unintentional release from aquaria off the coast of Florida (Whitfield et al. 2002, Hare & Whitfield 2003, Semmens et al. 2004, Ru”
Invasive species, climate change and ecosystem-based adaptation : addressing multiple drivers of global change (2010, background): “After releases of aquarium specimens into waters of southern Florida in the mid-1980’s, the lionfish quickly became invasive (Whitfield et al. 2002, Albins and Hixon 2008).”
Predatory fish invaders: Insights from Indo-Pacific lionfish in the western Atlantic and Caribbean (2013, background): “As a result, while introduced damselfish are expected to survive only south of Cape Canaveral, Florida (Eme and Bennett, 2008), the range limit of lionfish along the east coast of North America should be Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, some 900 km to the north – a region reached by lionfish in 2000 (”
Characterizing trophic ecology of generalist consumers: a case study of the invasive lionfish in The Bahamas (2012, background): “The invasive lionfish Pterois volitans/miles (hereinafter called lionfish) has spread throughout the Western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico (Whitfield et al. 2002, Schofield 2009, Mumby et al. 2011).”
Diet richness of invasive Indo-Pacific lionfish revealed by DNA barcoding (2013, background): “Lionfish Pterois volitans, released in Florida in the mid-1980s, were first reported on Bahamian coral reefs in 2004 (Whitfield et al. 2002, Freshwater et al. 2009, Schofield 2009).”
Progression of invasive lionfish in seagrass, mangrove and reef habitats. (2012, background): “In Bermuda, the first lionfish recorded was a juvenile captured from a tide pool <1 m deep (Whitfield et al. 2002).”
Reconstructing the lionfish invasion: insights into Greater Caribbean biogeography (2011, background): “By this time, lionfish had also established populations in Bermuda (Whitfield et al., 2002).”
Predation on the invasive red lionfish, Pterois volitans (Pisces: Scorpaenidae), by native groupers in the Bahamas (2008, background): “2) (Whitfield et al. 2002; Snyder and Burgess 2007) have lead to concerns over its potential impact on native fish biotas.”
An integrated assessment of the introduction of lionfish (Pterois volitans/miles complex) to the western Atlantic Ocean (2003, background): “A second recent introduction involves lionfish (Pterios volitans/m complex) in the western Atlantic Oce (Whitfield et al., 2002).”
Site fidelity and movement patterns of invasive lionfish, Pterois spp., in a Florida estuary (2012, background): “The Indo-Pacific lionfish Pterois volitans and Pterois miles (morphologically indistinguishable species, hereafter referred to as lionfish) have spread rapidly throughout the western Atlantic and Caribbean (Freshwater et al., 2009; Hamner et al., 2007; Schofield, 2009; Whitfield et al., 2002).”