Feeding ecology of invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans) in the Bahamian archipelago

By J. Morris, J. L. Akins. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 2009

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Subfields: Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Paleontology

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Non-linear effects of invasive lionfish density on native coral-reef fish communities (2015, background): “Throughout the Bahamas, gobies, damselfishes, and blennies comprise a large part of the prey species found in lionfish stomach contents (Albins and Hixon 2008; Morris and Akins 2009; Côté et al. 2013).”
Site fidelity and movement patterns of invasive lionfish, Pterois spp., in a Florida estuary (2012, background): “…further upriver in the Loxahatchee estuary, we chose this section because it was similar to some other habitats (e.g., mangroves, coastal rock jetties, shallow artificial reefs, and canals) that have been invaded by lionfish (Barbour et al., 2010b; Biggs and Olden, 2011; Morris and Akins, 2009).”
Comparative behavior of red lionfish Pterois volitans on native Pacific versus invaded Atlantic coral reefs. (2012, background): “Lionfish diets are well documented in the invaded range and include a broad variety of coral reef fishes, crustaceans (Morris & Akins 2009, Côté & Maljković 2010, Green et al. 2012), and even conspecifics (Valdez-Moreno et al. 2012).”
Distributions of Indo-Pacific lionfishes Pterois spp. in their native ranges : implications for the Atlantic invasion (2012, background): “Invasive lionfish have broad diets of small crustaceans and especially fishes (Morris & Akins 2009, Muñoz et al. 2011), and exhibit high kill rates (Côté & Maljković 2010).”
Characterizing trophic ecology of generalist consumers: a case study of the invasive lionfish in The Bahamas (2012, background): “One of the reasons for lionfish’s apparent success, and associated detrimental impacts, is their voracious predatory nature, and ability to exploit a wide range of prey (Morris & Akins 2009, Barbour et al. 2010, Côté & Maljkovic 2010, Jud et al. 2011, Muñoz et al. 2011).”
Recent invasion of a Florida (USA) estuarine system by lionfish Pterois volitans / P. miles. (2011, methodology): “…presence of lionfish in estuarine nursery habitats may threaten the early life history stages of a number of commercially, recreationally, and ecologically valuable fish species, either through indirect interactions (e.g. prey depletion), or as a result of direct predation (Morris & Akins 2009).”
Larval duration of the lionfish, Pterois volitans along the Bahamian Archipelago (2010, background): “Range expansion in the Caribbean is continuing and it is likely that the remaining Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and eastern South America will be invaded due to the biogeographical connectivity of these regions (Cowen et al. 2006; Floeter et al. 2008; Morris and Whitfield 2009; Schofield et al. 2010).”
Worst case scenario: potential long-term effects of invasive predatory lionfish (Pterois volitans) on Atlantic and Caribbean coral-reef communities (2011, background): “Indirect effects of lionfish predation may be even more severe, given that their prey include parrotfishes (Albins and Hixon 2008; Morris and Akins 2009).”
Phase shift to algal dominated communities at mesophotic depths associated with lionfish (Pterois volitans) invasion on a Bahamian coral reef (2011, background): “…been reported to provide the greatest grazing intensity while being able to escape predation (Mumby et al. 2006), but the species of parrotfish consumed by lionfish in this study (Table 1), and in other studies (Morris and Akins 2009), are generally smaller than their shallow water counterparts.”
Effectiveness of lionfish removal efforts in the Southern Caribbean (2013, background): “They are generalist predators of small and juvenile fish (Albins & Hixon 2008, Morris & Akins 2009, Côté & Maljković 2010, Green et al. 2011, Muñoz et al. 2011, Layman & Allgeier 2012, Valdez-Moreno et al. 2012) and characterized by higher predation rates than similarly sized native predators with…”