[HTML][HTML] Genetic homogeneity of the invasive lionfish across the Northwestern Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico based on single nucleotide polymorphisms

R Pérez-Portela, A Bumford, B Coffman, S Wedelich… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Despite the devastating impact of the lionfish (Pterois volitans) invasion on NW Atlantic
ecosystems, little genetic information about the invasion process is available. We applied …

The genomics of invasion: characterization of red lionfish (Pterois volitans) populations from the native and introduced ranges

MO Burford Reiskind, EMX Reed, A Elias… - Biological …, 2019 - Springer
Invasive species are one of the greatest threats to global biodiversity and ecosystem health,
and population genetics provides promising tools for understanding the evolutionary …

Regional genetic structure and genetic founder effects in the invasive lionfish: comparing the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean and North Atlantic

J Johnson, CE Bird, MA Johnston, AQ Fogg, JD Hogan - Marine Biology, 2016 - Springer
Abstract Indo-Pacific lionfish (Pterois volitans and P. miles) recently invaded Western
Atlantic waters, rapidly spreading through the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico (GoM) …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic structure of Mexican lionfish populations in the southwest Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea

E Labastida-Estrada, S Machkour-M'Rabet, L Carrillo… - Plos one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
The recent expansion of the invasive lionfish throughout the Western Hemisphere is one of
the most extensively studied aquatic invasions. Molecular studies have improved our …

Population genomics of rapidly invading lionfish in the Caribbean reveals signals of range expansion in the absence of spatial population structure

EK Bors, S Herrera, JA Morris Jr… - Ecology and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Range expansions driven by global change and species invasions may have significant
genomic, evolutionary, and ecological implications. During range expansions, strong …

Genetic analysis of red lionfish Pterois volitans from Florida, USA, leads to alternative North Atlantic introduction scenarios

ME Hunter, CE Beaver, NA Johnson, EK Bors… - Marine Ecology …, 2021 - int-res.com
The red lionfish Pterois volitans is a successful invasive predator across the western North
Atlantic, Caribbean, and Gulf of Mexico. The southeast coast of Florida (USA) has been …

[PDF][PDF] Population ecology and genetics of the invasive lionfish in Puerto Rico.

C Toledo-Hernández, X Vélez-Zuazo… - Aquatic …, 2014 - aquaticinvasions.net
The lionfish (Pterois volitans), has become an abundant alien species along the southeast
coast of the United States of America and in Caribbean coastal waters. Although, they …

Wide-ranging phylogeographic structure of invasive red lionfish in the Western Atlantic and Greater Caribbean

JSS Butterfield, E Díaz-Ferguson, BR Silliman… - Marine Biology, 2015 - Springer
The red lionfish (Pterois volitans) is an invasive predatory marine fish that has rapidly
expanded its presence in the Western Hemisphere. We collected 214 invasive red lionfish …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic diversity patterns of lionfish in the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean reveal a rapidly expanding stepping-stone bioinvasion process

R Maggioni, RS Rocha, JT Viana, T Giarrizzo… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
In 2020, multiple lionfish (Pterois spp.) records along the equatorial Southwestern (SW)
Atlantic revealed a new expansion of these potentially damaging invasive populations …

Characterization of 18 polymorphic microsatellite loci from invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans and P. miles)

TF Schultz, CK Fitzpatrick, D Wilson Freshwater… - Conservation Genetics …, 2013 - Springer
Abstract Lionfish (Pterois volitans and Pterois miles) are the first non-native marine reef fish
to become established in the Western North Atlantic and Caribbean Sea. Next-generation …