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SECTION III         FEEDING         PREY        PREDATORS     QUIZ 3

LIONFISH PREDATORS

Lionfish are well protected with their 18 venomous spines and therefor have few natural predators.  

​In their native range predators of lionfish include sharks, groupers, moray eels, frogfish, cornetfish and other scorpionfish.

Since lionfish are a new species in the Atlantic Ocean, the native fish have not evolved feeding on them.  However, the following species are known to consume lionfish when presented with speared individuals:
  • Groupers
  • Snappers
  • Moray eels
  • Sharks
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PLEASE DON'T FEED THE LIONFISH!
Under no circumstance should speared lionfish be fed to marine life as it changes their natural behavior and they can become more aggressive.

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