Any difference between an Atlantic/Caribbean Lion fish and Pacific?

Just curious since there are so many that have invaded the Atlantic and Caribbean, are any differences?

A friend of mine said the lions in the Atlantic are not what he remembers from living and doing lots of diving in the pacific. He said in the pacific you wouldn't see them just swimming around in the day... as I he and I have seen in the Atlantic/Caribbean. Obviously that is not scientific at all, but just curious if anyone has followed the invasion of them on the east coast and the Caribbean

Thanks,
Ser

 

I have never seen them there, but i do go to the Caribbean bout once a year. They tend to be a little further off shore, they arent native there so behavior may be different has there may be less predators of them, if there are any to begin with

 

yeah. Well, for the Bahamas these things are nutso... out all day, everywhere. right off shore. I spear pretty big ones weekly....8+ inches.

They are seen all the way up to Rhode island!!!

 

When i was in turks, st.lucia, st.kitts, aruba, cancun, and florida i saw no lionfish. Guess i must have missed out on the experience of spearing one How do you do that? just stab um with a pole? and dont you get money for killing them down there in the carib?

 

when where u there? It has really changed in the past two years.

I believe there is a bounty on them, for Bahamians only I think. I am only a resident, not Bahamian.

I don't know why the Bahamian government doesn't set up a catch program and sell them around the world. Worth so much more then conch.

 

They are being caught and seen along the outter banks of N.C up to Back Bay Va. Thats as far north I have had guys I trust to tell me they have seen them will diving . One Buddy told me and he us a reefer also and lives in Nags Head he saw a lion about a good 14 inches long it was Huge he said.

 

Iwas in turks this year, aruba last. Kitts 2 yrs ago and lucia before that.

 

He shoot it?

 

Well im not sure were in the pacific that you only saw them swimming around at night but I used to see them off the rocky points when I was fishing all the time back home in FNQ

 

It wasn't me, just what a friend was saying when he was there. I do trust him, but it was about 15 years ago. lived there for a long while...Avid diver, amazing spearman.

... not that I dispute what you are saying, just was what he said

thanks