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Lionfish
Pterois volitans (Linnaeus, 1758)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Chordata - chordates »  class Actinopterygii - ray-finned fishes »  order Scorpaeniformes - scorpionfishes and flatheads »  family Scorpaenidae - scorpionfishes and allies

Scientific synonyms

Gasterosteus volitans Linnaeus, 1758
Pterois lunulata (non Temminck & Schlegel, 1843)

Other names

= Butterfly Cod
= Common Lionfish
= Firefish
= Lion Fish
= Ornate Butterfly-cod
= Peacock Lionfish
= Red Firefish
= Red Lionfish
= Turkey Fish
= Turkeyfish

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Images

Pterois volitans - Lionfish

Author: Jiří Bohdal

Pterois volitans - Lionfish

Pterois volitans - Lionfish

Pterois volitans - Lionfish

Author: Ivan Mikšík

Pterois volitans - Lionfish

Author: Pavel Zuber

Pterois volitans - Lionfish

Author: Pavel Zuber

Pterois volitans - Lionfish

Pterois volitans - Lionfish

Pterois volitans - Lionfish

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Size

Length of 30 cm, rarely up to 38 cm. Weight up to 1.2 kg.
Author: Tomas HLUSKA

Links and literature

CZ RYBICKY.NET - Akvaristika pro každého [atlasryb/perutyn_ohnivy]
Pecháček L.: RYBICKY.NET - Akvaristika pro každého [http://rybicky.net/]
CZ AQUATAB. World Wide Web electronic publication [species/22692] [as Pterois volitans (Linnaeus, 1758)]
Plíštil J. (Ed.) (2009): AQUATAB. World Wide Web electronic publication [http://aquatab.net]
Data retrieved on: 2010/01/17
EN ARKive [/common-lionfish/pterois-volitans/]
ARKive [http://www.arkive.org]
Data retrieved on: 2010/12/16
CH DE EN FR IT NL PR SP FishBase [5195]
Froese R., Pauly D. (eds.): FishBase [http://www.fishbase.org]
EN Global Invasive Species Database (GISD) [1050]
Global Invasive Species Database (GISD) [http://www.issg.org/database]
EN OzAnimals - Australian Wildlife [as Pterois volitans]
OzAnimals - Australian Wildlife [http://www.ozanimals.com/]
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