Spotfin lionfish
| Spotfin lionfish | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Scorpaenidae |
| Genus: | Pterois |
| Species: | P. antennata
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| Binomial name | |
| Pterois antennata (Bloch, 1787)
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The spotfin lionfish[2] or broadbarred firefish (Pterois antennata) is a fish found in the tropical Indian and Western Pacific Oceans; it grows to a maximum of 20 cm (8 in) and, like other lionfish, has venomous spiny dorsal fins. Its typical habitat is in lagoons and reefs, where it hides during the day and hunts shrimp and crab at night. The spotfin lionfish, also known as broadbarred firefish, are known to hunt juveniles of their own species and others. They consume up to 8.2 times their body weight manually.
References[]
- ^ Motomura, H.; Matsuura, K. (2016). "Pterois antennata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T69799447A69801022. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T69799447A69801022.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Species of Pterois in FishBase. December 2012 version.
3. Steer, P. 2012. "Pterois antennata" (On-line), Animal Diversity Web. Accessed October 29, 2021 at https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Pterois_antennata/
External links[]
- Photos of Spotfin lionfish on Sealife Collection
Media related to Pterois antennata at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Pterois antennata at Wikispecies
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- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Pterois
- Marine fish of Northern Australia
- Taxa named by Marcus Elieser Bloch
- Fish described in 1787
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