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Pteropterus
Pterois is a genus of venomous marine fish, commonly known as lionfish, native to the Indo-Pacific. Also called zebrafish, firefish, turkeyfish, tastyfish or butterfly-cod, it is characterized by conspicuous warning coloration with red, white, creamy, or black bands, showy pectoral fins, and venomous spiky fin rays. Pterois radiata, Pterois volitans, and Pterois miles are the most commonly studied species in the genus. Pterois species are popular aquarium fish. P. volitans and P. miles are a recent...
7 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 7 known species
Spotfin Lionfish
speciesPteropterus antennatus
Red Sea Clearfin Lionfish
speciesPteropterus cinctus
Clearfin Lionfish
speciesPteropterus radiatus
Hawaiian Lionfish
speciesPteropterus sphex
African Lionfish
speciesPteropterus mombasae
Eastern Mombasa Lionfish
speciesPteropterus paucispinula
Indian Shortfin Lionfish
speciesPteropterus brevipectoralis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 121668.