lionfish
noun
li·on·fish
ˈlī-ən-ˌfish 
: any of several scorpaenid fishes (genus Pterois) of the Indian Ocean and the tropical Pacific that are brilliantly striped and barred with elongated fins and venomous dorsal spines
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In the Northwest Atlantic, Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico, invasive lionfish, native to Asia and Australia, have spread, preying on native fish essential to coral reefs.
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Christine Keiner, The Conversation, 28 Feb. 2025
Atop the coral was a cloud of small baitfish surrounding a very pretty lionfish.
—Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 25 Feb. 2025
The incident comes three months after Cayman Islands authorities issued an advisory that said sharks have learned to associate scuba divers with food, after a diver who was carrying a lionfish culling spear and an empty bucket was closely approached by a shark.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, People.com, 14 Feb. 2025
The design is inspired by a 2019 project to build a soft robot in the form of a mechanical lionfish, Cornell says, but improved.
—John Koetsier, Forbes, 29 Jan. 2025
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Christine Keiner, The Conversation, 28 Feb. 2025
Atop the coral was a cloud of small baitfish surrounding a very pretty lionfish.
—Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 25 Feb. 2025
The incident comes three months after Cayman Islands authorities issued an advisory that said sharks have learned to associate scuba divers with food, after a diver who was carrying a lionfish culling spear and an empty bucket was closely approached by a shark.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, People.com, 14 Feb. 2025
The design is inspired by a 2019 project to build a soft robot in the form of a mechanical lionfish, Cornell says, but improved.
—John Koetsier, Forbes, 29 Jan. 2025
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“Lionfish.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lionfish. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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