Age, growth, and condition of invasive lionfish in the northern Gulf of Mexico from 2013-03-30 to 2017-10-30

Lionfish were collected, weighed and measured, and their ages estimated by counting opaque zones in otoliths from 3,296 lionfish sampled between 2013 and 2017. This dataset supports the publication: Dahl, K., Edwards, M., & Patterson, W. (2019). Density-dependent condition and growth of invasive lionfish in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 623, 145–159. doi:10.3354/meps13028.