TOP LEFT: Divers find lionfish alongcrevices and ledges ofhardbottom habitats and shipwrecks. TOP RIGHT: Christine Addison dissects a lionfish onboard the R/V 

 Cape Fear. MIDDLE LEFT: Christine Addison preserves the egg sac of a female lionfish specimen that was ready to spawn. The egg sacs contain up to 20,000 eggs. 

 MIDDLE RIGHT: This lionfish specimen swallowed three small reef fish whole before beingcaptured by NURC divers. BOTTOM LEFT: A lab dissection of a juvenile 

 lionfish exposes gonads for further analysis. BOTTOM RIGHT: Can you find the two egg balls floatingalongside the lionfish? Adult lionfish spawn in the rearing tank at 

 the Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat Research in Beaufort. 



16 HOLIDAY 2004 



