Invasive species are capable of causing extinctions of native plants and animals, reducing biodiversity, competing with native organisms for limited resources, and altering habitats. ... Since lionfish are not native to Atlantic waters, they have very few predators
In their natural habitat, there are predators that balance the lionfish population. In the western Atlantic Ocean, they have no natural predators, so their population is rapidly increasing. This increase may lead to an imbalance in the ecosystem.
