Specimen ID | 630398 |
Group | Marine Fishes |
Genus | Pterois |
Species | volitans/miles |
Common Name | lionfish |
State | TX |
Locality | Gulf of Mexico, Texas, Galveston, approx 175 miles SE, Rankin bank |
Mapping Accuracy | Accurate |
HUC8 Name | Northern Gulf of Mexico |
HUC8 Number | 32004300 |
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Collection Month | 9 |
Collection Year | 2012 |
Year Accuracy | Actual |
Potential Pathway | released aquarium |
Status | established |
Reference 1 |
Ref. Number: | 26804 |
Author: | Nuttall, M.F., M.A. Johnston, R.J. Eckert, J.A. Embesi, E.L. Hickerson and G.P. Schmah |
Date: | 2014 |
Title: | Lionfish (Pterois volitans [Linnaeus, 1758] and P. miles [Bennett, 1828]) records within mesophotic depth ranges on natural banks in the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico. |
Journal: | BioInvasions Records |
Volume: | 3 |
Issue: | 2 |
Pages: | 111-115 |
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Comments | Specimens observed. Water depth = 92.2 m. Habitat = hard bottom. |
Record Type | Literature |
Freshwater/Marine | Marine |
Number Collected | 2 |