Lions thorns poisonous fish

Populations of Pacific red lion fish, a "big showy venomous fish popular for saltwater aquariums," have exploded in the mid-Atlantic,
apparently escaping in large enough numbers to thrive.
"This fish was not around in the 1980s, nd they are now breeding from Florida to North Carolina."


Rising seas will also have cascading effects on fish habitat, explains Rader. In North Carolina sea level has risen by slightly more than one foot since the 1920s, a rate of 1.5 feet per century. Scientists say the rate will double within a century. As seas rise, more salt water will penetrate fresh and brackish sounds. It will convert freshwater into brackish water, and brackish marsh into salt marsh. It will also "drown" some marshes that can't keep up with the rising waters.

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