Length-weight and length-length relationships of the invasive red lionfish [Pterois volitans (Linnaeus, 1758): Scorpaenidae] in the Parque Nacional Arrecife Alacranes, Southern Gulf of Mexico

2013 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 202-203 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. C. Perera-Chan ◽  
A. Aguilar-Perera
Keyword(s):  
Gulf Of Mexico ◽  
Pterois Volitans ◽  
Southern Gulf Of Mexico ◽  
Red Lionfish

Chemical composition, amino acid and fatty acid profiles of Lionfish Pterois volitans from the Alacranes reef, southern Gulf of Mexico

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irma Aranda- González ◽  
Alfonso Aguilar-Perera ◽  
Luis Chel-Guerrero ◽  
Santiago Gallegos-Tintoré ◽  
David Betancur-Ancona
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Composition ◽  
Gulf Of Mexico ◽  
Dry Weight ◽  
Nutritional Composition ◽  
Weight Basis ◽  
Fatty Acid Profiles ◽  
Pterois Volitans ◽  
Average Chemical Composition ◽  
Southern Gulf Of Mexico ◽  
Invasive Lionfish

The chemical and nutritional composition of fillet from Lionfish Pterois volitans L. captured in “Parque Nacional Arrecife Alacranes (PNNA)” in the Gulf of Mexico were investigated. The average chemical composition in dry weight basis of fillets was 25.41 % protein, 5.65 % ash, 0.82 % fat and 0.79 % fiber. The moisture in fresh fillet was 77.8 % on average. The fatty acids in greater proportion were SFA, followed by PUFA and MUFA, and with a w-3/w-6 ratio of 2.33. Docosahexaenoic acid was the most predominant (34.84 %). The most abundant amino acids were phenylalanine, glutamic acid, aspartic acid, isoleucine and lysine. Given its nutritionist profile, consumption of lionfish fillet could be a solution to control the invasive Lionfish population in the Gulf of Mexico.

First record of the snapper-choking isopod Cymothoa excisa (Isopoda: Cymothoidae) parasitizing invasive lionfish Pterois volitans (Scorpaeniformes: Scorpaenidae)

2017 ◽  
Vol 98 (8) ◽  
pp. 2095-2097 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alfonso Aguilar-Perera ◽  
Luis Quijano-Puerto ◽  
Evelyn Carrillo-Flota ◽  
Ernest H. Williams ◽  
Lucy Bunkley-Williams
Keyword(s):  
Coral Reefs ◽  
Gulf Of Mexico ◽  
Body Length ◽  
Buccal Cavity ◽  
First Record ◽  
Pterois Volitans ◽  
Western Atlantic ◽  
Total Length ◽  
Southern Gulf Of Mexico ◽  
Invasive Lionfish

Two female snapper-choking isopods Cymothoa excisa (body length 11 and 14 mm) were in the buccal cavity of two invasive lionfish Pterois volitans (total length 294 and 301 mm) collected in Alacranes Reef, southern Gulf of Mexico. This is the first record of C. excisa parasitizing invasive lionfish P. volitans in coral reefs of the Western Atlantic, where these isopods appear to have infected the host through adult prey-predator transfer.

scholarly journals Parasites from the Red Lionfish, Pterois volitans from the Gulf of Mexico

2016 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Q Fogg ◽  
Carlos F Ruiz ◽  
Stephen S. Curran ◽  
Stephen A Bullard
Keyword(s):  
Gulf Of Mexico ◽  
Pterois Volitans ◽  
Red Lionfish
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