How to Use lionfish in a Sentence
lionfish
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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
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Burmese pythons and lionfish are killing off native species.
—CBS News, 17 July 2023
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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
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That being said, there were some big lionfish speared this year, including this 2 pound brute in the center of this picture.
—Ben Raines | Braines@al.com, AL.com, 24 July 2017
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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
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Other fish can sting as well, such as the invasive lionfish.
—Bonnie Berkowitz, chicagotribune.com, 30 June 2017
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The robot caught 15 lionfish in 48 hours of initial testing.
—Washington Post, 28 Apr. 2017
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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
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In addition, teams of volunteer divers are sent out to spear lionfish.
—Nick Squires, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Oct. 2021
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This year, 1,898 lionfish were removed in total during the fall derby.
—Sage Marshall, Field & Stream, 13 Sep. 2023
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And unlike many other species that have a more defined breeding season, lionfish can spawn year-round.
—Biographic, Discover Magazine, 4 Nov. 2019
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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
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There's nothing romantic about this cheek to cheek dance between two large male lionfish.
—Christie Wilcox, Discover Magazine, 1 Aug. 2017
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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
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In the Caribbean, venomous lionfish are driving down the numbers of native fish.
—Dino Grandoni, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Sep. 2023
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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
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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
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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
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Guests can also indulge in a lionfish feast following their dives.
—Hannah Selinger, Travel + Leisure, 16 Oct. 2023
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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
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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
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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
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Local anglers and divers have rallied, using spearfishing to help protect the reefs from lionfish damage.
—Outside Online, 22 Dec. 2022
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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
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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
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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
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At the federal level, legislative efforts have been made to combat the lionfish.
—Joseph Baucum, USA TODAY, 30 June 2017
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Spencer Phillips' giant lionfish is the largest ever landed in Alabama.
—Ben Raines, AL.com, 25 Oct. 2017
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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
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Our team can successfully catch one lionfish per minute.
—IEEE Spectrum, 14 Mar. 2019
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