Lionfish
Native to the Indo-Pacific, it is distinctive for its red, white, creamy, or black bands, pectoral fins, venomous spines, and unique tentacles, suggested to attract new prey.
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Native to the Indo-Pacific, it is distinctive for its red, white, creamy, or black bands, pectoral fins, venomous spines, and unique tentacles, suggested to attract new prey.
Living Coasts in Torquay, run by the Whitley Wildlife Conservation Trust, is the best in Europe for breeding a number of key species including African penguins, blue spotted stingrays and Inca terns, for which the attraction manages the European studbook.
Over 40 living displays reveal the variety of life in the deep at Blue Reef Aquarium Tynemouth. A range of creatures are on view including stingrays, tropical sharks, otters, frogs and seahorses.
Blue Reef Aquarium Hastings sits on the Old Town seafront in the East Sussex town and over 30 naturally themed habitats transport you from the shoreline of Hastings to the tropical waters of the deep ocean.