Fish Identification for South Florida

Can you identify this fish?

Challenge 1 · Start with body shape, then size, then distinguishing features.

Striped lionfish with broad fan-shaped pectoral fins, shown in an AI educational illustration.
Original AI-assisted educational illustration for Stuart Scuba, not an underwater photograph. Artwork is not an anatomical reference; use sourced identification features together.

A clue from this fish

“I spread my fins to corner small prey.”

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