Talking about marine animals, there are many types of fish that can spoil the eyes. One of them is lionfish. Its colorful stripes and unique fins are a special attraction for fish lovers to buy them as aquarium decorations.
However, researchers and environmentalists have a negative impression of it lionfish. The reason is, fish that are related to rock fish are actually pests of the ocean. Wah, why is that, huh? Let’s find answers and other facts from lionfish in the following section. So, check these out!
1. Eye-catching body color and style
As reported by the page Britannica, lionfish, as known as turkey fish or fire fish, still belonging to the Scorpaenidae family. Most of its relatives have a body color that is not bright. Another case with lionfish which has brown, maroon, or white stripes all over its body so it is very popular to be used as aquarium fish.
Apart from that, there are two types lionfish most commonly found, namely Pterois volitans (lionfish red) and Pterois miles (devil firefish).
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2. Although beautiful, but venomous fins
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Yup, lionfish included in venomous animals like snakes. However, what is venomous here are the beautiful fins. This fish has 18 pieces dorsal end (pelvic fins) which are connected by two glands can be in the spine.
These venomous fins are only used as a self-defense mechanism rather than to find prey. Although it does not cause death, it stings from the fin lionfish can cause intense pain and can even cause nausea or difficulty breathing.
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3. Has no natural predators
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In place lionfish invaded, that is, in Atlantic waters, they have no natural predators. This is because lionfish are “immigrants” so that the carnivorous fish in these waters still do not know that lionfish eatable. As a result, lionfish No need to be afraid to swim anywhere.
It is different in its place of origin, namely in the Indo-Pacific waters. Although there haven’t been many discoveries yet, however, launch the page lionfish.co, the researchers explained that sharks, groupers, large eels, or cornetfish found preying lionfish.
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4. It is actually a pest of the ocean
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This is what worries researchers the most about lionfish, that is, their existence has threatened the balance of the ecosystems in which they invaded. This is because lionfish indiscriminate about the fish they eat as long as it still fits in their mouth. If the population is not controlled, this can also have an impact on human daily fish consumption. you know.
Besides having no natural predators in Atlantic waters, page lionfish.co explain if the population lionfish in the region it is also increasing rapidly due to the high reproduction rate of this fish: one lionfish the female alone is capable of producing 2 million eggs per year!
Reference source:
- https://blog.nationalgeographic.org/2013/07/19/top-5-myths-about-lionfish/
- https://www.livescience.com/amp/64533-lionfish.html
- https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/lionfish.html
- https://lionfish.co/lionfish-faq/
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5. Hunted down for food
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One way to suppress the population lionfish in Atlantic waters is to train sharks to start preying lionfish. However, smooth the page lionfish.co, this method actually makes the sharks even more aggressive and ends up attacking the divers who trained them. Finally, researchers argue that the most effective way is simply to eat it.
Large-scale hunting was carried out and the community was invited to start consuming lionfish. Unfortunately, many still think that the fish is poisonous. In fact, if the fins have been cleaned, lionfish it’s safe to eat. What’s more, it’s high in omega 3 and it’s also low in saturated fat. Other than that, lionfish can be turned into delicious dishes by frying or eating raw ala sashimi and sushi.
Who would have thought that fish is as beautiful lionfish it turns out that ocean pests? Hopefully in the future, population lionfish can be controlled for the sake of the balance of our Earth’s ecosystem.
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