
45centimeters
(18inches) long

Onelionfishcaneat5,000fishina year.
Theycanliveupto15 years.
Lionfishfemalescanlaymorethantwomillioneggsper year.
Lionfishspineshavevenom,akindof poison.



presentinvasion zone
expectedinvasion zone
North
America
South
America
Pacific
Ocean
Atlantic
Ocean
LionfishhaveinvadedtheEastCoast,theCaribbean,andtheGulfof Mexico.
Theymayspreadsouthtoward Brazil.
Lionfishcandamagecoral reefs.
beforelionfish invasion


afterlionfish invasion

