A friend of mine saw one off North Carolina. I think sightings of lion fish off NC go back about 10 years. Vicky Wall
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Subject: Re: [CONCH-L] Introduction vs Extension, Lion Fish around Eleuthera

I saw one at Chub Cay, Berry Islands, this year.




At 04:24 AM 10/16/2007, you wrote:

>This discussion concerning introduction vs range extension has caused me
>to think of the Lion Fish that we recently saw off southern Eleuthera,
>Bahamas this past July and again in September.  They were seen in Winding
>Bay and Half Sound.  There were several seen, and one was over a foot in
>length.  This has to be an introduced species.  Has anyone else seen Lion
>Fish in the Bahamas, off south Florida or elsewhere in the Caribbean?  I'm
>glad Lion Fish are not aggressive.
>
>
>
>Ken Piech

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