How to Use lionfish in a Sentence

lionfish

noun

• About a minute after the first strike, the lionfish cornered the larger school against the rock wall and struck again, seeming to swallow some fish.
  — Fox News, 6 June 2017
• Burmese pythons and lionfish are killing off native species.
  — CBS News, 17 July 2023
• The lionfish first made its way from the South Pacific to the Sunshine State in the 1980s as a popular aquarium pet.
  — Sara Kiley Watson, Popular Science, 17 Jan. 2020
• That being said, there were some big lionfish speared this year, including this 2 pound brute in the center of this picture.
  — Ben Raines | [e-mail], AL.com, 24 July 2017
• The robotic hunter needs to be able to distinguish lionfish from other fish within the reef ecosystem to choose the right target.
  — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 27 Aug. 2018
• Other fish can sting as well, such as the invasive lionfish.
  — Bonnie Berkowitz, chicagotribune.com, 30 June 2017
• The robot caught 15 lionfish in 48 hours of initial testing.
  — Washington Post, 28 Apr. 2017
• So the sea krait has its deadly bite, which doubles as an offensive and defensive weapon, while the lionfish has its spines.
  — Matt Simon, WIRED, 4 Dec. 2015
• In addition, teams of volunteer divers are sent out to spear lionfish.
  — Nick Squires, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Oct. 2021
• This year, 1,898 lionfish were removed in total during the fall derby.
  — Sage Marshall, Field & Stream, 13 Sep. 2023
• And unlike many other species that have a more defined breeding season, lionfish can spawn year-round.
  — Biographic, Discover Magazine, 4 Nov. 2019
• Placing the lionfish in a salt water tank, the team observed the robot could successfully swim against a current.
  — Emily Toomey, Smithsonian, 19 June 2019
• There's nothing romantic about this cheek to cheek dance between two large male lionfish.
  — Christie Wilcox, Discover Magazine, 1 Aug. 2017
• The first time the famous boutique seafood restaurant Jammal bought lionfish from the market, the fishmongers were intrigued.
  — Sarah Dadouch, Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2022
• In the Caribbean, venomous lionfish are driving down the numbers of native fish.
  — Dino Grandoni, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Sep. 2023
• Find venomous and beautiful lionfish with their long flowing fins, spiny scorpionfish and the blackedge moray eel with its long fin running the entire length of its body.
  — Jeanne Houck, Cincinnati.com, 2 Mar. 2020
• In an effort to stymie their rapid takeover, government agencies have called on citizens to eat lionfish.
  — Malia Wollan, New York Times, 15 Dec. 2017
• Shark Encounter now has new floors, lights and displays plus habitats with lionfish, Caribbean fish, lobster and moray eels.
  — Dewayne Bevil, orlandosentinel.com, 16 Mar. 2021
• Guests can also indulge in a lionfish feast following their dives.
  — Hannah Selinger, Travel + Leisure, 16 Oct. 2023
• But not just any fish—a lionfish, which has elaborate dorsal and pectoral fins and can perform displays using them.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 19 June 2019
• This zone will contain venomous lionfish, scorpionfish with their poisonous spines and the purplemouth eel with its long fin running the entire length of its body.
  — Sarah Brookbank, Cincinnati.com, 8 Nov. 2019
• Non-indigenous lionfish were all but gone on these reefs controlled by spearfishing hunters, many savoring their white filets.
  — John Christopher Fine, sun-sentinel.com, 31 Dec. 2020
• Local anglers and divers have rallied, using spearfishing to help protect the reefs from lionfish damage.
  — Outside Online, 22 Dec. 2022
• There are costly high-tech solutions in the works, including traps that lure lionfish using recordings of their own burbling sounds.
  — Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2020
• Florida already has plenty of non-native species such as the arapaima, termites, lionfish, Burmese pythons and certain types of lizards and iguanas.
  — Chris Perkins, sun-sentinel.com, 30 July 2021
• Experts have suggested eating lionfish, and most recently a new robot was deployed to stalk and kill the watery pest.
  — Sophie Weiner, Popular Mechanics, 25 Sep. 2016
• At the federal level, legislative efforts have been made to combat the lionfish.
  — Joseph Baucum, USA TODAY, 30 June 2017
• Spencer Phillips' giant lionfish is the largest ever landed in Alabama.
  — Ben Raines, AL.com, 25 Oct. 2017
• Rangers routinely trapped them, but more intense efforts were saved for a long list of invasive species, like pythons and lionfish, that threatened wildlife and choked native habitat.
  — Jenny Staletovich, miamiherald, 16 Dec. 2017
• Our team can successfully catch one lionfish per minute.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 14 Mar. 2019

Last Updated: 25 Aug 2024