REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY OF INVASIVE LIONFISH (PTEROIS SPP.)

Indo-Pacific lionfishes, Pterois volitans (Linnaeus, 1758) and Pterois miles (Bennett, 1828), native to the Pacific and Indian Oceans, respectively, were first observed in the western Atlantic off Florida in 1985. They have since spread and are established throughout the broader Caribbean region. De...

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Main Authors: Patrick G Gardner, Thomas K Frazer, Charles Alan Jacoby, Roy P E Yanong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmars.2015.00007/full