Author Topic: Sadly, the Lion fish are here.  (Read 5169 times)

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Offline U4ea

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Sadly, the Lion fish are here.
« on: Wednesday, 16 September, 2020 @ 17:06:53 »
I saw 4 of the on Monday whilst diving near Cape Kavros, near the Lighthouse there.

Lovely to look at, but voracious feeders on fish and with no predators. They also breed at an alarming rate.

Bad news for the fish and for fishermen.

Offline Maik

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Re: Sadly, the Lion fish are here.
« Reply #1 on: Thursday, 17 September, 2020 @ 01:40:26 »
Yep, they are visually attractive, if not very pleasant:


Photo by Alexander Vasenin - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=25523559

Offline JimW

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Re: Sadly, the Lion fish are here.
« Reply #2 on: Thursday, 17 September, 2020 @ 17:25:25 »
That really is a shame, saw hundreds of them when diving in Egypt and as you say pretty to look at but so invasive.