gmerek2 May 14, 2014 Share May 14, 2014 This is a 10" lionfish. All these were found in his belly. They are invasive and eating lots of Florida and Caribbean reef fish. Hoax or big bellies? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smallreef May 14, 2014 Share May 14, 2014 Doesn't surprise me... I think there is a new NE Fl blast for spear fishing ...Fun times! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmerek2 May 14, 2014 Author Share May 14, 2014 Snorkeling I saw a lot of them hovering on the drop off out to my cruise ship port. Grand Turks. I'm impressed that they could catch the tangs. I did keep a large mouth bass once that could give him a run for his money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbartco May 14, 2014 Share May 14, 2014 Honestly I don't think all that in one seems likely. We spent a week with the NAB cutting open stomachs, and hardly saw such intact or so many fish inside. The lions also hardly looked so "good" after dissection as in the pic. Found a few nice filefish, but we were often asking experts to identify even genus of the fish we found. But, I could very well be wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REEFKEEPR May 14, 2014 Share May 14, 2014 Honestly I have seen a lion fish wipe out a tank of fish in one night. I sold my black lion to a guy who said he had a 150gal. I was done with predators. He didn't tell me it was a reef tank. I believe he ate 5 chromis and three antias a six line wrasse. And a jaw fish. Crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sen5241b May 14, 2014 Share May 14, 2014 God help you if you step on one. I heard lion fish are good eating Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happyfeet May 14, 2014 Share May 14, 2014 Not impossible, just improbable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coral Hind May 14, 2014 Share May 14, 2014 The lionfish looks whole, unopened. I really doubt that large tang would be able to fit past the esophagus without being crushed up some. The tang looks too perfect for that. Where was the picture taken at? The tangs look like Pacific tangs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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