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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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From: "G Thomas Watters" <[log in to unmask]>
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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.
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>Ken Piech
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