Juvenile lionfish

Yes is very invasive, No we do no kill them, we pull them out of the water alive and send some for studies and others to the restaurants.,we have monitoring different ones to sea there behavior.
We have found two diferent spicies of lionfish, (Pterois volitans and Pterois miles), very territorial so is easy to follow, and they can grow very fast excellent predator it feeds whit almost any juvenile fish little shrimps we have seen it dig in the sand look for for small urchins also very active at night.
A good thin is that we have seen moray eels eat the juvenile lionfish so is first time we find a predator for this fish.

Aren't they invasive there? Did your divemaster kill it?

Thanks Lyzz

Great photo!