[Coral-List] Coral-List Digest, subject Lion Fish

[Melbourne Briscoe]

"All indications are that whoever released the lion fish in the wild in the
tropical Atlantic knew what they were doing and did so with a sufficient
number of individuals of both sexes in the right location(s) to establish
the lion fish for the first time ever in this Atlantic environment."

What are these indications? Or is this a violation of Hanlon's Razor?



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Responding in regard to lion fish in the tropics in the Atlantic Ocean.

All indications are that whoever released the lion fish in the wild in the
tropical Atlantic knew what they were doing and did so with a sufficient
number of individuals of both sexes in the right location(s) to establish
the lion fish for the first time ever in this Atlantic environment.


Just because you do not see lion fish around in a particular area does not
mean that they are not there.  These are intelligent fish, knowing well how
to keep out of sight when they want to do so. They are obviously well
adapted to the coral reef environment, wherever that is.


This is a terrible development for the environment hitherto free of such
fish.  Clearly concerted efforts should be made to rid them from the
Atlantic where they are intruders, not native, having an adverse effect on
the coral reef fish naturally there.

Robert Rofen

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