Title

Pacific red lionfish

Caption

Pacific red lionfish (Pterois volitans), Amber Jack dive site, Destin, Panhandle, Gulf of Mexico, Florida, USA. This invasive species causes great damage and is therefore hunted by the dive guides with harpoons and then carefully filleted because of the poisonous spines. The meat is extremely tasty

Date

Sep 18, 2017

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Rolf von Riedmatten

Reference

BRK23F46_399

Model release

No

Property release

NA

License type

Royalty free

Available size

45,6Mb (1,0Mb) / 15,4in x 11,5in / 4608 x 3456 (300dpi)

Keywords

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