Invasion
Invasion Description
1st Record: Manta City just south of Isla de Providencia in the Seaflower Biosphere Reserve/Colombia/Caribbean Sea (12/2008,USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2009);
Geographic Extent
Manta City just south of Isla de Providencia in the Seaflower Biosphere Reserve/Colombia/Caribbean Sea (12/2008, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program; Schofield et al. 2009); near Isla de San Andres/Colombia/Caribbean Sea (5/7/2009, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2009; Gonzalez et al. 2009; Schofield et al. 2009); The Pinnacle off of Punta Uva, Gandoca Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge/Costa Rica/Caribbean Sea (4/6/2009, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Programs 2009); Cahuita National Park/Costa Costa Rica/Caribbean Sea (5/7/2009. USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2009); Panama/Boca del Toro, Caribbean Sea (5/2009, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2009; Schofield et al. 2009); Dive Site El Cantil, Tayrona National Park, near Santa Marta City/Colombia/Bay of Granate, Caribbean Sea, (5/2009,USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2009; Gonzalez et al. 2009); harbour reef off Oranjested/Netherlands Antilles, Aruba,/Caribbean Sea (9/9/2009, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2009); Watamula dive site/Netherlands Antilles, Curacao/Caribbean Sea (10/27/2009, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2009); Netherlands Antilles, Bonaire/Caribbean Sea (10/26/2009, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2009); Yellowtail dive site, Little Corn Island/Nicaragua/ Caribbean Sea (11/11/2009, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2009); Cabo Tiburon Colombia-Panama border/Caribbean Sea (11/28/2010, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2010); Tiger Rock, Bocas del Toro/Panama/Caribbean Sea (2013, Palmer et al. 2016); the island of Baru/Colombia,/Caribbean Sea (10/2010, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2010); Ensenada de Cepe, Estado Aragua/Venezuela/Caribbean Sea (9/11/2009, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2010); Isla Margarita/Venezuela/Caribbean Sea (2015, Ehemann 2017); Flying Reef, Tobago/Trinidad and Tobago/Caribbean Sea (2/17/2012, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2010)
Vectors
Level | Vector |
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Probable | Natural Dispersal |
Regional Impacts
Ecological Impact | Predation | |
Lionfish were found to be feeding on a newly described goby (Palatogobius incendius) living in deep-water mesophotic reef areas (Tornabene and Baldwin 2017) | ||