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Lionfishes
Pteroinae
Pteroinae is a subfamily of marine ray-finned fishes in the family Scorpaenidae. This tribe includes the lionfishes, sawcheek scorpionfishes, and turkeyfishes. Previously, the fifth edition of Fishes of the World treated this group as a tribe within the subfamily Scorpaeninae of the family Scorpaenidae within the order Scorpaeniformes, while other authorities treat it as a subfamily within a reduced family Scorpaenidae within the suborder Scorpaenoidei, or the superfamily Scorpaenoidea within the order Perciformes. Presently, Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes treats it as a subfamily within Scorpaenidae.
8 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first · about 30 known species
Pterois
genusPterois
Pteropterus
genusPteropterus
Zebra Lionfishes
genusDendrochirus
Dwarf Lionfishes
genusNeochirus
Twinspot lionfishes
genusNemapterois
Parapterois
genusParapterois
Falcate Lionfishes
genusEbosia
Sawcheek Scorpionfishes
genusBrachypterois
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 788499.