Table 1. List of prey species identified from lionfish (Pterois spp.) stomachs collected in waters off St. Petersburg, FL.

Numbers outside parentheses indicate the number of stomachs in which each organism was found. Asterisks denote putative novel prey species. Bold terms indicate higher taxonomic levels.

Phylum Chordata Class Actinopterygii		Phylum Arthropoda Class Malacostraca
Family Apogonidae	11 (22.4%)	Family Alpheidae	1 (2.0%)
Apogon aurolineatus	6 (12.2%)	Unidentified species	1 (2.0%)
Apogon maculatus	3 (6.1%)	Family Gammaridae	1 (2.0%)
Phaeoptyx sp.*	3 (6.1%)	Unidentified species	1 (2.0%)
Family Blennidae	1 (2.0%)	Family Gonodactylidae	1 (2.0%)
Parablennius marmoreus	1 (2.0%)	Neogonodactylus bredini*	1 (2.0%)
Family Callionymidae	1 (2.0%)	Family Palaemonidae	1 ( 2.0%)
Diplogrammus pauciradiatus*	1 (2.0%)	Unidentified species	1 (2.0%)
Family Carangidae	3 (6.1%)	Family Penaeidae	3 (6.1%)
Decapterus punctatus	3 (6.1%)	Metapenaeopsis goodei*	3 (6.1%)
Family Chaenopsidae	3 (6.1%)	Family Portunidae	1 (2.0%)
Chaenopsis sp.*	3 (6.1%)	Achelous ordwayi*	1 (2.0%)
Family Gobiidae	11 (22.4%)
Coryphopterus sp.*	2 (4.1%)
Microgobius sp.*	10 (20.4%)
Family Haemulidae	5 (10.2%)
Haemulon aurolineatum	5 (10.2%)
Family Labridae	2 (4.0%)
Halichoeres sp.*	1 (2.0%)
Halichoeres bivittatus	1 (2.0%)
Family Microdesmidae	12 (24.5%)
Ptereleotris calliura	12 (24.5%)
Family Monacanthidae	3 (6.1%)
Monacanthus ciliatus	3 (6.1%)
Family Pomacentridae	5 (10.2%)
Chromis scotti	3 (6.1%)
Stegastes variabilis	3 (6.1%)
Family Scaridae	1 (2.0%)
Sparisoma atomarium*	1 (2.0%)
Family Serranidae	8 (16.3%)
Diplectrum formosum	7 (14.3%)
Hypoplectrus floridae*	1 (2.0%)
Family Synodontidae	8 (16.3%)
Synodus intermedius	7 (14.3%)
Synodus saurus*	1 (2.0%)