Update on geographic spread of invasive lionfishes (Pterois volitans (Linnaeus, 1758) and P. miles (Bennett, 1828)) in the Western North Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico

By P. Schofield. 2010

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The Indo-Pacific lionfishes (Pterois volitans [Linnaeus, 1758] and P. miles [Bennett, 1828]: Family Scorpaenidae) are the first nonnative marine fishes to establish in the Western North Atlantic/Caribbean region. The chronology of the invasion was reported last year (Schofield 2009) using records from the US Geological Survey’s Nonindigenous Aquatic Species database. This article provides an update of lionfish geographic spread (as of October 2010) and predictions of future range.

Subfields: Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Molecular Biology

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Effects of invasive Pacific red lionfish Pterois volitans versus a native predator on Bahamian coral-reef fish communities (2012, background): “Since the early 2000s, their range has expanded rapidly throughout the tropical and sub-tropical Western Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea (Schofield 2009, 2010).”
Distributions of Indo-Pacific lionfishes Pterois spp. in their native ranges : implications for the Atlantic invasion (2012, background): “…in the invaded regions is rapidly expanding, with studies focused on invasive lionfish distribution and abundance (Whitfield et al. 2002, 2007, Schofield 2009, 2010, Darling et al. 2011), reproduction (Ruiz-Carus et al. 2006, Morris et al. 2011), larval duration (Ahrenholz & Morris 2010),…”
Progression of invasive lionfish in seagrass, mangrove and reef habitats. (2012, background): “Additionally, whilst the international effort to document the spread of lionfish throughout its invasive range has been considerable (Schofield 2009, 2010, Johnston & Purkis 2011), far less emphasis has been placed on how a population develops within a new location as it becomes colonized.”
The invasion of the azooxanthellate coral Tubastraea (Scleractinia: Dendrophylliidae) throughout the world: history, pathways and vectors (2016, background): “Now that this coral is abundant on wrecks in Florida, the volume of larvae released may be sufficient to start colonizing artificial structures occurring to the north— being carried by the Gulf Stream, in the same way that the lionfish invaded that area (Whitfield et al. 2002; Schofield 2010).”
Risk Analysis and Bioeconomics of Invasive Species to Inform Policy and Management (2016, background): “Indo-Pacific lionfish were introduced into North America via airline delivery for the pet industry, with subsequent release or escape and initial establishment (black star) near Miami (74) and dispersal in the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, and Gulf of Mexico by natural activities, including hurrica”
Effectiveness of lionfish removal efforts in the Southern Caribbean (2013, background): “From there, they first spread northward along the east coast of the USA and since 2004 also southward toward the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the north coast of South America (Schofield 2009, 2010, Johnston & Purkis 2011, Frazer et al. 2012).”
Predatory fish invaders: Insights from Indo-Pacific lionfish in the western Atlantic and Caribbean (2013, background): “The speed of the northward front from the Caribbean into the Gulf of Mexico appears to have been even faster ( 400 km yr (1); Schofield, 2010).”
Coping with the Lionfish Invasion: Can Targeted Removals Yield Beneficial Effects? (2012, background): “Given their current geographic range, rapid population growth, and tools presently available to natural resource managers, eradication of lionfish in the western Atlantic, Caribbean Sea, and Gulf of Mexico is unlikely (Morris and Whitfield, 2009; Schofield, 2010; Albins and Hixon, 2011).”
Indo-Pacific lionfish are larger and more abundant on invaded reefs: a comparison of Kenyan and Bahamian lionfish populations (2011, background): “An invasion is currently unfolding across shallowwater habitats of the northwest Atlantic and Caribbean region.”