How to Use lionfish in a Sentence

lionfish

noun
  • Nurse and reef sharks prowl for their next meal, lionfish hide in plain sight, and a cuttlefish scurries by.
    — Peter Kelly, Travel + Leisure, 18 Aug. 2025
  • After the quick cook, Dan’s lionfish tartare was the winning dish.
    — Rachel Bernhard, Journal Sentinel, 12 June 2024
  • Atop the coral was a cloud of small baitfish surrounding a very pretty lionfish.
    — Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 25 Feb. 2025
  • There's nothing romantic about this cheek to cheek dance between two large male lionfish.
    — Christie Wilcox, Discover Magazine, 1 Aug. 2017
  • In addition, teams of volunteer divers are sent out to spear lionfish.
    — Nick Squires, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Oct. 2021
  • Guests can also indulge in a lionfish feast following their dives.
    — Hannah Selinger, Travel + Leisure, 16 Oct. 2023
  • As such, lionfish possess the haughty confidence of an apex predator.
    — Rachel Nuwer, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 June 2026
  • Indeed, the prize for largest lionfish goes to a specimen measuring over a foot-and-a-half long.
    — Rachel Nuwer, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 June 2026
  • About a minute after the first strike, the lionfish cornered the larger school against the rock wall and struck again, seeming to swallow some fish.
    — Fox News, 6 June 2017
  • So the sea krait has its deadly bite, which doubles as an offensive and defensive weapon, while the lionfish has its spines.
    — Matt Simon, WIRED, 4 Dec. 2015
  • In an effort to stymie their rapid takeover, government agencies have called on citizens to eat lionfish.
    — Malia Wollan, New York Times, 15 Dec. 2017
  • That being said, there were some big lionfish speared this year, including this 2 pound brute in the center of this picture.
    — Ben Raines | [email protected], AL.com, 24 July 2017
  • Non-indigenous lionfish were all but gone on these reefs controlled by spearfishing hunters, many savoring their white filets.
    — John Christopher Fine, sun-sentinel.com, 31 Dec. 2020
  • The robotic hunter needs to be able to distinguish lionfish from other fish within the reef ecosystem to choose the right target.
    — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 27 Aug. 2018
  • But not just any fish—a lionfish, which has elaborate dorsal and pectoral fins and can perform displays using them.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 19 June 2019
  • Local anglers and divers have rallied, using spearfishing to help protect the reefs from lionfish damage.
    — Outside Online, 22 Dec. 2022
  • Placing the lionfish in a salt water tank, the team observed the robot could successfully swim against a current.
    — Emily Toomey, Smithsonian, 19 June 2019
  • There are costly high-tech solutions in the works, including traps that lure lionfish using recordings of their own burbling sounds.
    — Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2020
  • But local chef, cookbook author and lionfish hunter Helmi Smeulders was there to help.
    — Rachel Bernhard, Journal Sentinel, 12 June 2024
  • Currently, a pound of lionfish meat fetches around $6, Beauford says.
    — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 18 Sep. 2024
  • At the federal level, legislative efforts have been made to combat the lionfish.
    — Joseph Baucum, USA TODAY, 30 June 2017
  • In the Caribbean, venomous lionfish are driving down the numbers of native fish.
    — Dino Grandoni, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Sep. 2023
  • The day’s catch included lionfish, an invasive species that threatens the fragile coral ecosystem.
    — Carley Thornell, Travel + Leisure, 19 Jan. 2024
  • This year, 1,898 lionfish were removed in total during the fall derby.
    — Sage Marshall, Field & Stream, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Experts have suggested eating lionfish, and most recently a new robot was deployed to stalk and kill the watery pest.
    — Sophie Weiner, Popular Mechanics, 25 Sep. 2016
  • Find venomous and beautiful lionfish with their long flowing fins, spiny scorpionfish and the blackedge moray eel with its long fin running the entire length of its body.
    — Jeanne Houck, Cincinnati.com, 2 Mar. 2020
  • The divers travel about 30 miles offshore to get to reefs with the most explosive lionfish populations.
    — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 18 Sep. 2024
  • This zone will contain venomous lionfish, scorpionfish with their poisonous spines and the purplemouth eel with its long fin running the entire length of its body.
    — Sarah Brookbank, Cincinnati.com, 8 Nov. 2019
  • Florida is home to a number of invasive species, including lionfish and Burmese pythons.
    — Scott Maxwell, Sun Sentinel, 9 May 2026
  • Spencer Phillips' giant lionfish is the largest ever landed in Alabama.
    — Ben Raines, AL.com, 25 Oct. 2017

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