LionFish Predators

Ok so I have heard that Trigger Fish are a potential natural predator, mostly through word of mouth as in the over invaded waters of the Bahamas the Lion Fish don't inhabit Trigger fish reefs.

But this video looks is a Lionfish being eaten by a Scorpion Fish. Has anyone here ever seen any other animal attack or eat a lionfish?

I am just trying to establish in my own mind any natural scenarios of the Lion Fish coming to the Cayman Islands. When REEF came and gave us a talk about it they really had very little knowledge on the animals themselves just the spread and how to capture them.

and here is that frogfish going for it as well

please post replies with any knowledge you have of lionfish, not just the Caribbean sightings but also from Indonesia, I am sure you guys over there or who have been there know much more than anyone who has been studying the Caribbean invasion.

And of course any photos or footage welcome too !

This is just hearsay, but from a reliable source. A DAN and heliox/trimix instructor told me that they found mature Goliath Grouper would go after them.

I'm wondering if that stonefish kept it down. It looks like it was trying to upchuck it. Wish we had stonefish on the eastern seaboard to help control the lions if he did manage to eat it.

I believe that stonefish (scorpionfish) all have the same toxins in the their spines. They are all protein based anyways and can be broken down with heat.

That would make me think that the toxin isn't a problem and that Humpback Scorpionfish seemed quite comfortable to me. The frogfish on the other hand couldn't wait to get it out of his mouth !

Interesting videos! I didn't know anything ate those things before this to be honest hehe. The stonefish seemed like it was just adjusting it in it's mouth much in the way a snake does; rather than trying to spit it out. Also on snakes, venomous snakes are known to eat other venomous snakes right? Especially of their own species. So your theory about them being non-toxic to one another atleast is probably right. But the poison varies from one to the other significantly though right? (stonefish being much more venomous than lionfish).

That frogfish definitely didn't like the taste of that bugger though haha.