Chris Newbert / Shortfin Turkeyfish (Dendrochirus brachypterus), venomous species, Indonesia

Fred Bavendam / Shortfin Turkeyfish (Dendrochirus brachypterus), Bali, Indonesia

Fred Bavendam / Common Lionfish (Pterois volitans) juvenile, Bali, Indonesia

Juergen Freund / Lionfish {Pterois volitans} and fan coral, Indo-Pacific

Dan Burton / Lionfish (Pterois volitans) Red Sea

Brent Hedges / Lionfish (Pterois volitans) Papua New Guinea

Juergen Freund / Turkeyfish / Lionfish head portrait (Pterois sp) Indo Pacific

Chris Newbert / Common Lionfish (Pterois volitans) trio at 40 feet, Solomon Islands

Fred Bavendam / Common Lionfish (Pterois volitans) hunting among feather stars, Indonesia

Brent Hedges / Common lionfish displaying {Pterois volitans} Andaman Sea, Indo-pacific

Birgitte Wilms / Common Lionfish (Pterois volitans) 20 feet deep, Papua New Guinea

Chris Newbert / Common Lionfish (Pterois volitans) underwater among various corals, Kona, Hawaii

Chris Newbert / Common Lionfish (Pterois volitans) portrait, 30 feet deep, Solomon Islands

Chris Newbert / Common Lionfish (Pterois volitans) 40 feet deep, Solomon Islands

Birgitte Wilms / Common Lionfish (Pterois volitans) detail of patterns on skin, 30 feet deep, Solomon Islands

Chris Newbert / Ocellated Lionfish (Dendrochirus biocellatus) nocturnal fish with two eye-spots on fin that mimic eyes of a predator, Solomon Islands

Chris Newbert / Ocellated Lionfish (Dendrochirus biocellatus) 60 feet deep, Solomon Islands

Birgitte Wilms / Common Lionfish (Pterois volitans) detail of eye, 40 feet deep, Solomon Islands

Chris Newbert / Common Lionfish (Pterois volitans) group surrounded by Sea Fans (Melithaea sp) 60 feet deep, Solomon Islands

Norbert Wu / Common Lionfish (Pterois volitans) hiding in Sea Fan, waiting to ambush Baitfish, Thailand

Norbert Wu / Common Lionfish (Pterois volitans) among Gorgonian Soft Corals, venomous, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Norbert Wu / Zebra Lionfish (Tilapia buttikoferi) venomous, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Norbert Wu / Common Lionfish (Pterois volitans) amid colorful Soft Corals, Sipidan Island, Borneo

Fred Bavendam / Zebra Lionfish (Dendrochirus zebra), Bali, Indonesia

Fred Bavendam / Common Lionfish (Pterois volitans) has bold stripes to warn predators of its venomous spines, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea

GEORGETTE DOUWMA / Lionfish / Turkeyfish portrait {Pterois volitans} Red Sea

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Common Lionfish (Pterois volitans), Christmas Island, Australia

Ralph Pace / Common Lionfish (Pterois volitans) gut being analyzed by scientist, Redonda Island, Caribbean

Ralph Pace / Common Lionfish (Pterois volitans), invasive species, killed by biologists, Redonda Island, Caribbean

Ralph Pace / Common Lionfish (Pterois volitans), invasive species, speared by diver, Redonda Island, Caribbean

Ralph Pace / Common Lionfish (Pterois volitans), Redonda Island, Caribbean

David Fleetham / Lionfish (Pterois volitans), Indonesia.

David Fleetham / Lionfish (Pterois volitans), Indonesia.

David Fleetham / Scuba diver watching lionfish (Pterois volitans), Indonesia.

David Fleetham / Diver with lionfish (Pterois volitans), Wakaya Island, Fiji.

David Fleetham / Hawaiian turkeyfish (Pterois sphex), endemic, and slate pencil sea urchin (Heterocentrotus mammillatus), Hawaii.

David Fleetham / Lionfish (Pterois volitans), with diver watching, Wakaya Island, Fiji.

David Fleetham / Lionfish (Pterois volitans), with female diver swimming behind, Rarotonga, the Cook Islands.

Pete Oxford / Shortfin Turkeyfish (Dendrochirus brachypterus) and sea urchins, Banda Sea, Indonesia

Pete Oxford / Common Lionfish (Pterois volitans), Raja Ampat Islands, Indonesia

Pete Oxford / Common Lionfish (Pterois volitans), Raja Ampat Islands, Indonesia

Birgitte Wilms / Shortfin Turkeyfish (Dendrochirus brachypterus), Papua New Guinea

Birgitte Wilms / Shortfin Turkeyfish (Dendrochirus brachypterus), Indonesia

Birgitte Wilms / Shortfin Turkeyfish (Dendrochirus brachypterus), Indonesia

Birgitte Wilms / Shortfin Turkeyfish (Dendrochirus brachypterus), Indonesia

Birgitte Wilms / Shortfin Turkeyfish (Dendrochirus brachypterus), Indonesia

Birgitte Wilms / Zebra Lionfish (Dendrochirus zebra), Papua New Guinea

Pete Oxford / Common Lionfish (Pterois volitans) on reef, Jardines de la Reina National Park, Cuba

Angelo Giampiccolo / Red lionfish (Pterois volitans) in the Red Sea

Roberto Rinaldi / Lionfish (Pterois volitans) surrounded by glassfish (Ambasis sp), Lankayan, Borneo.

Roberto Rinaldi / Red lionfish (Pterois volitans) on Chinese wooden fishing vessel sunk outside Lankayan, Borneo.

Norbert Wu / Common Lionfish (Pterois volitans) portrait, Komodo Island, Indonesia

Norbert Wu / Common Lionfish (Pterois volitans) pair hunting amid school of baitfish hiding in black coral, Komodo Island, Indonesia

Flip Nicklin / Common Lionfish (Pterois volitans), native to Indonesia

David Fleetham / Zebra lionfish (Dendrochirus zebra) resting between corals, Philippines, South China Sea.

Doug Perrine / Hawaiian red lionfish (Pterois sphex) on the seabed, South Kona, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean.

Doug Perrine / Two Hawaiian red lionfish (Pterois sphex) on a reef, South Kona, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean.

Georgette Douwma / Zebra lionfish (Dendrochirus zebra) on black background, Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi, Indo-Pacific.