[Coral-List] lionfish supraorbital tentacles

[Les Kaufman]

Hi Lad, Mark.

The supraorbital tentacle in Pterois is negatively allometric, probably in both species, and probably faster in P. miles though not certain of this- need to check the paper you cite, Lad.  So presence or absence of the tentacles could still be diagnostic, but only if correcting for size and only if I'm right!

Les

Les Kaufman
Professor of Biology
Boston University Marine Program
and
Senior Marine Scientist
Conservation International
lesk at bu.edu 


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> Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 08:38:07 -0500
> From: "Lad Akins" <Lad at REEF.org>
> Subject: Re: [Coral-List] Subject: Unknown morphological variation in
> 	Caribbean
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> HI All,
> 
> Regarding the lionfish tentacle questions,
> 
> See 
> Phenotypic variation of lionfish supraocular tentacles
> James A. Morris Jr. & D. Wilson Freshwater
> Environ Biol Fish
> DOI 10.1007/s10641-007-9326-2
> 
> For those who don't have access, the observed differences in tentacles are
> due to ontogenetic progression with juvenile lionfish having long straight
> tentacles, maturing into tentacles with a feather-like terminal appendage
> (some with a spot or two) and eventually breaking off.  We have observed
> many instances in our collections and observations of tentacles half broken
> or breaking off.
> 
> Hope this helps,
> 
> Lad
> 
> ************************
> Lad Akins
> Director of Special Projects
> REEF
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:coral-list-bounces at coral.aoml.noaa.gov] On Behalf Of Linda @ ECOMAR
> Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2011 2:35 PM
> To: Coral-List at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
> Subject: [Coral-List] Subject: Unknown morphological variation in Caribbean
> 
> We noticed this as well in the thousands of lionfish we sampled as part of
> our monthly lionfish tournaments from May through Nov 2010.  We recorded the
> presence or absence of "eyestalks", and noted that the eyestalks were absent
> on larger specimens.  When cleaning larger lionfish we also noted that
> "sharp horns" seem to replace the fleshy eyestalks.  These eyestalks also
> have difference characteristics/coloration patterns.  Can one the lionfish
> experts shed light on the different physical characteristics of young and
> old and if these difference can be used in species ID?
> 
> 
> 
> Best regards from Belize,
> 
> 
> 
> Linda Searle
> 
> ECOMAR
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> email: linda at ecomarbelize.org
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> Message: 2
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> Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2011 14:12:50 -0400
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> From: Mark J A Vermeij <vermeij at hawaii.edu>
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> Subject: [Coral-List] Unknown morphological variation in Caribbean
> 
>      lionfish?
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>  Dear all 
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> 
> 
> Lionfish found on Curacao seem to come in two morphs: one has a "horn"
> immediately above its eyes whereas the other morph lacks this
> characteristic. Carmabi would welcome any insights in this matter and
> wonders if the different morphologies correspond to the Pterois volitans and
> P. miles phenotypes.
> 
>  Any suggestions and insights are welcomed: m.vermeij at carmabi.org This
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>  Click on the link (on the left)  for pictures that illustrate the
> morphological differences on the website of Carmabi's research station
> website: http://www.researchstationcarmabi.org/
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>  Tropical regards
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> 
> Mark
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