Lionfish

Description:

Photo take at -35 ft in a Caribbean reef.Time 11:45 am. This is an invasive species in the Caribbean sea.This Lionfish has only one good eye. Pterois is a genus of venomous marine fish found mostly in the Indo-Pacific, known collectively as the lionfish. Pterois is characterized by red, white and black stripes, showy pectoral fins and venomous spiky fin rays.

Habitat:

Native from Indian Ocean: Red Sea, South Africa, Indonesia, Also known in eastern Mediterranean. Today is found also from Florida to Colombia in the Caribbean.