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Lionfish have thirteen poisonous dorsal spines, but if you look closelyalong the bottom part of the fish, it also has poisonous anal spines

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Description

Lionfish have thirteen poisonous dorsal spines, but if you look closelyalong the bottom part of the fish, it also has poisonous anal spines.

Credit

Amy Orchard, Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson

Photographer

Amy Orchard

Location

Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands

Collection

Fisheries

NOAA Affiliation

Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum