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SUBMITTER: Gress E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5563435 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Gress Erika E Andradi-Brown Dominic A DA Woodall Lucy L Schofield Pamela J PJ Stanley Karl K Rogers Alex D AD
PeerJ 20170817
Non-native lionfish have been recorded throughout the western Atlantic on both shallow and mesophotic reefs, where they have been linked to declines in reef health. In this study we report the first lionfish observations from the deep sea (>200 m) in Bermuda and Roatan, Honduras, with lionfish observed to a maximum depth of 304 m off the Bermuda platform, and 250 m off West End, Roatan. Placed in the context of other deeper lionfish observations and records, our results imply that lionfish may b ...[more]