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By Divers Alert Network
With their fanlike fins and melancholy stares, lionfish are now a fixture at many popular dive sites in the Caribbean and Atlantic. Though native to the Indo-Pacific, their populations exploded throughout the Atlantic due to a lack of predators. In addition to wreaking havoc on ecosystems and gobbling up native fishes, lionfish can be a threat to divers because of their venomous spines…
