Dendrochirus
| Dwarf lionfish | |
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| Twospot turkeyfish (D. biocellatus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Scorpaenidae |
| Subfamily: | Pteroinae |
| Genus: | Dendrochirus Swainson, 1839 |
| Type species | |
| Pterois zebra G. Cuvier, 1829
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Dendrochirus is a genus of scorpionfish that are mostly known as dwarf lionfish. They are native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans. They are also popular aquarium fish.
Species[]
Six species are recognized in this genus:[1][2]
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
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Dendrochirus barberi (Steindachner, 1900) | Hawaiian lionfish | Eastern Central Pacific. |
| (D. S. Jordan & C. L. Hubbs, 1925) | Bricked firefish | South China Sea north to the Boso Peninsula, Pacific coast of central Japan | |
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Dendrochirus biocellatus (Fowler, 1938) | Twospot turkeyfish | Indo-West Pacific |
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Dendrochirus brachypterus (G. Cuvier, 1829) | Shortfin turkeyfish | Indo-West Pacific, Red Sea |
| & , 2013[2] | Tuamotu's dwarf lionfish | the Tuamotu Archipelago, South Pacific Ocean. | |
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Dendrochirus zebra (G. Cuvier, 1829) | Zebra turkeyfish | Indo-West Pacific, including the Red Sea |
References[]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Dendrochirus. |
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Dendrochirus in FishBase. April 2013 version.
- ^ a b Matsunuma, M. & Motomura, H. (2013): A new lionfish of the genus Dendrochirus (Scorpaenidae: Pteroinae) from the Tuamotu Archipelago, South Pacific Ocean. Species Diversity, 18 (1): 1-7.
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