Pterois
Pterois, also known as lionfish, is a genus of venomous marine fish. They are found mostly in the Indo-Pacific.
| Pterois | |
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| Pterois volitans | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Scorpaenidae |
| Tribe: | Pteroini |
| Genus: | Pterois Oken, 1817[1] |
| Type species | |
| Scorpaena volitans | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Pterois is characterized by warning coloration with red, white, creamy, or black bands, showy pectoral fins and venomous spiky fin rays.[3] Pterois are classified into a number of different species, but Pterois radiata, Pterois volitans and Pterois miles are the most commonly studied. Pterois are popular aquarium fish and are readily used for cooking.[3]
Pterois are about 2.44in (6.2cm) to 16.69in (42.4 cm) with typical adults measuring 14.96in (37.9 cm) . They weigh an average of 1.05 lbs (0.47 kg).[4]
Pterois Media
Lionfish with Spread Pectoral Fins
Pterois andover, freshly collected female holotype, 168.0 mm SL, Cenderawasih Bay, Papua Province, Indonesia
Antennata Lionfish, picture taken in Zoo Schönbrunn, Vienna, Austria.
Fresh specimen of Pterois brevipectoralis, HUMZ 73846, 115.8mm SL, Saya de Malha Bank. Photo: HUMZ.
Red Sea clearfin lionfish Dahab, South Sinai Governorate, Egypt
Pterois lunulata
Common lionfish (Pterois miles) at Shaab El Erg reef in the Egyptian Red Sea (landscape crop)
African lionfish (Pterois mombasae), Ad Dimaniyat Islands, Oman
Pterois paucispinula
A Clearfin lionfish
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Genera in the family Scorpaenidae. Catalog of FishesCalifornia Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
- ↑ Gilbert Whitley. Ichthyological genotypes: Desmarest's designations, 1874. Australian Zoologist 9 (3) (1939). p. 222–226.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 National Geographic. Lionfish (11 April 2010). Retrieved 7 August 2013.
- ↑ Whitfield P.E. et al 2006. Abundance estimates of the Indo-Pacific lionfish Pterois volitans/miles complex in the Western North Atlantic. Biological Invasions. 9(1):53–64.