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A single lionfish can reduce recruitment of other fish on a reef by a staggering 85 percent, and these apex predators are threatening both commercial fishing and tourism.

一条狮子鱼就能令人难以置信地在一处暗礁减少85%其它鱼类的补充，而这些顶级食肉动物正威胁着商业性捕鱼和旅游业。

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The researchers say the United States represents more than fifty percent of the trade in coral and reef fish.

VOA: special.2010.08.10

Researchers at the University of Bristol in England discovered similar movements among baby reef fish several years ago.

VOA: special.2010.08.10

He says some kinds of reef fish are close to disappearing forever.

VOA: special.2010.08.10

We sat up and dropped our lures into the water, quickly finding out that keeping one's surfboard steady in a 10-foot swell while trying to fish a reef makes for a clumsy operation.

FORBES: Paradise Lost

Catching reef fish with a net is difficult, and increasingly so as populations decline.

ECONOMIST: What price coral?

Coral-reef fish tend to grow slowly, take many years to reach reproductive age, and then spawn in only a few localised sites.

ECONOMIST: What price coral?