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Lionfish, a family of roundfin fish in the order Cyprinidae, is a collective name for about 115 species of marine fish, also known as scorpionfish, firefish and so on. The body is about 25-40 cm long, the head is flattened, the snout (the mouth of the fish) is long and narrow, the dorsal fin is very high, the fin spines are slender, and it is a small marine fish. It is found in rocks or coral reefs in the cold waters of the North Atlantic, North Pacific and the North and South Poles. Feeds mainly on crustaceans.
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1 Deep Sea Samurai
Surprisingly, the lionfish is not only good-looking, but also aggressive! When they are preying, they will erect their pectoral fins and shake rapidly to attract the attention of their prey, and when the prey is confused by everything in front of them, the lionfish will suddenly retract all its fins and swallow the prey in the blink of an eye!
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When faced with an enemy, the lionfish will erect its dorsal fin spines and stab at each other with full force. Its fin spines have poisonous glands, which can secrete toxins, and if a person is stabbed, it will produce severe pain, redness, swelling and inflammation of the wound, fever and other symptoms, severe breathing difficulties, and even syncope. Lionfish are highly toxic, second only to stingrays, and have few natural predators.
2 ecological invaders
Because lionfish have few natural enemies and are extremely reproducive (lionfish can lay nearly 30,000 eggs in four days), their numbers can explode in some cases. For example, at the end of the 19th century, aquarium enthusiasts inadvertently introduced lionfish into the Caribbean Sea and the southeastern United States, but the number of lionfish increased unexpectedly, which directly led to a sharp decline in the number of local fish, destroying the ecological balance, and eventually local staff had to train sharks to kill lionfish.
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In recent years, scientists have discovered that lionfish can even kill each other when they are too numerous! This is rare in fish animals. Fishermen in Florida say the bellies of large lionfish caught in recent years are of the same kind. It appears that after most of the food resources were wiped out, the lionfish aimed its poisonous fin spines at its companions.
Finally, I would like to remind you that if you encounter a lionfish while fishing or diving in the wild, please keep your distance and pay attention to your safety
Although the lionfish has a beautiful appearance, it is extremely threatening to attack, and even sacrifices its own kind in order to survive, I did not expect you to be this kind of fish!
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