🦋 Family

Scorpaenidae

29 species · Animals

Animalia › Chordata › › Scorpaeniformes › Scorpaenidae

Pterois miles, the common lionfish, is an Indo-Pacific lionfish that has become invasive in the Mediterranean, US East Coast, and Caribbean.

Dendrochirus zebra, the zebra turkeyfish, is a striped Indo-Pacific scorpaenid fish that lives in shallow reef habitats.

Pterois radiata, the clearfin lionfish, is a venomous Indo-Pacific lionfish distinguished by two white lines on its caudal peduncle.

Pterois antennata is an Indo-West Pacific reef lionfish with venomous spines, common in the aquarium trade.

Dendrochirus biocellatus is a small lionfish that lives on Indo-Pacific coral reefs, recognized by distinctive dorsal fin ocelli.

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Cottidae 40 species Sebastidae 31 species Platycephalidae 9 species Triglidae 9 species Agonidae 4 species Hexagrammidae 4 species Synanceiidae 4 species Tetrarogidae 4 species

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