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.jpg
Lionfish with Spread Pectoral Fins
- Pterois andover.jpg
Pterois andover, freshly collected female holotype, 168.0 mm SL, Cenderawasih Bay, Papua Province, Indonesia
- MC Rotfeuerfisch.jpg
Antennata Lionfish, picture taken in Zoo Schönbrunn, Vienna, Austria.
- Fresh specimen of Pterois brevipectoralis.png
Fresh specimen of Pterois brevipectoralis, HUMZ 73846, 115.8mm SL, Saya de Malha Bank. Photo: HUMZ.
- Pterois cincta.jpg
Red Sea clearfin lionfish Dahab, South Sinai Governorate, Egypt
- Pterois lunulata.jpg
Pterois lunulata
- Common lionfish at Shaab El Erg reef (landscape crop).JPG
Common lionfish (Pterois miles) at Shaab El Erg reef in the Egyptian Red Sea (landscape crop)
- Pez león de Mombasa (Pterois mombasae), islas Ad Dimaniyat, Omán, 2024-08-13, DD 40.jpg
African lionfish (Pterois mombasae), Ad Dimaniyat Islands, Oman
- Pterois paucispinula.jpg
Pterois paucispinula
- Clearfin lionfish (Pterois radiata).JPG
A Clearfin lionfish
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Scorpaenidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
- ↑ Gilbert Whitley (1939). "Ichthyological genotypes: Desmarest's designations, 1874". Australian Zoologist. 9 (3): 222–226.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 National Geographic (11 April 2010). "Lionfish". Archived from the original on 13 January 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.