Talk:Lionfish

I'm not familiar at all with anything about lionfish. But I was listening to the radio today and apparently a 12 year old girl discovered that they can survive in almost entirely freshwater conditions (she found this out for a science fair project). Her findings were replicated by recognized scientists, and published in a peer reviewed journal. Her name was cited as being the one to discover this. I would add this in myself, but like I said I am not familiar with this subject hardly at all, but thought it would be a good thing to put in wikipedia, that a 12 year old girl named Lauren discovered this, etc. Here are the two links, one for the news article, the other for the peer reviewed science journal:

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/news/local/girls-science-project-nets-international-recogniti/ngRbD/ http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10641-014-0242-y Ddhix 2002 (talk) 02:55, 9 July 2014 (UTC)

In fact, the fact that lionfish can thrive in fresh water was discovered in 2010 by Zachary Jud, a marine biology major at Florida International University. His published study can be found here: ^[1] Here's an informational poster that summarizes the findings: ^[2] Note that the father of the 12-year-old girl was one of the authors of the study. I am not sure why he is allowing the world to believe that his 12 year old daughter made this discovery. The newspaper that "broke" the story also should have known better: ^[3]

More background on this here: http://www.cflas.org/was-lionfish-research-hijacked-by-12-year-old-from-palm-beach-florida/ CLJahn (talk) 02:10, 23 July 2014 (UTC)CL Jahn

1. I think the total amount of text makes this article a bit undue. There is too much focus on these species as "a trouble fish" in Florida and the Carribean. That part could form an article of it's own, in my oppinion. Strongly doubt they are a threat to the domestic sea fauna. If it had not been toxic, It would hardly be mentioned by f.i. NBC. 2. There are far worse matters to worry about, as the box-jellyfish Chironex fleckeri or the Sea Wasp appear to have spread to the same waters. Boeing720 (talk) 14:34, 27 August 2015 (UTC)

Where the links below came from is a big question mark for me. Boeing720 (talk) 14:37, 27 August 2015 (UTC)

The section title Description is as follows:

"Pterois are harmful to humans. Juvenile lionfish have a unique tentacle located above their eye sockets that varies in phenotype between species. The evolution of this tentacle is suggested to serve to continually attract new prey; studies also suggest it plays a role in sexual selection."

The first sentence is very interesting. But this section gives no information about how pterois are "harmful to humans".

I hope someone knowledgeable about this subject can elaborate on this point and explain in what way these fish are harmful to humans.

Otherwise, this sentence should probably be deleted.2601:200:C080:630:F586:D5D7:89B0:BA10 (talk) 13:55, 3 January 2021 (UTC)

Did I miss it, or is there no mention of size? I'm reading on a phone, so might have overlooked it... Samatva (talk) 15:01, 3 January 2021 (UTC)

No, you are not alone, there is no mention of its size. It is probably around 15-25 cm from what I remember, but in wild they may get bigger.

I am pretty sure Pterois Miles can get up to 35cm, I don't exactly know where you got 15-25cm from, but if you can give me a link to the evidence go ahead, I am looking for it myself KittenGosCrazy (talk) 15:39, 14 September 2021 (UTC)

For the evaluation I just figured I'd check some of the links; I noticed that this one, number 26, from the show "Species of Mass Destruction," doesn't work. Ossp001 (talk) 20:27, 9 September 2021 (UTC)

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The article says that the lionfish have no known natural predators then immediately lists six. Perhaps this could be made clearer. Jontel (talk) 21:21, 23 February 2025 (UTC)

Fixed - there are plenty of sources indicating various natural predators, as well as human divers. Adjusted with Special:Diff/1277306248 this edit. Zefr (talk) 22:10, 23 February 2025 (UTC)

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Pteropterus needs its own page, and the relevant species from this page moved to it. And because Pteropterus is a valid genus now, I think this article should be renamed Pterois, as both genera are commonly referred to as lionfish.Bloopityboop (talk) 21:06, 3 March 2026 (UTC)