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Parapterois
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Parapterois

Parapterois is a genus of venomous fish in the scorpionfish family. These fish originate from marine environments in the Indian Ocean or near it. The venomous Parapterois heterura is occasionally seen as an aquarium fish.

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3 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 3 known species

Gurnard Lionfish

speciesParapterois heterura

Parapterois nigripinnis

speciesParapterois nigripinnis

Parapterois macrura

speciesParapterois macrura

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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 90777.