Taxon profile

genus

Pterois Oken, 1817

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

Scientific synonyms

incl. Pteropterus

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Included taxa

Number of records: 12

species Pterois andover Allen & Erdmann, 2008

species Pterois antennata (Bloch, 1787) - Banded Lionfish

species Pterois brevipectoralis (Mandrytsa, 2002) - Indian Ocean Shortfin Lionfish

species Pterois kodipungi Bleeker, 1852 - Clearfin Lionfish

species Pterois lunulata Temminck & Schlegel, 1843 - Luna Lion Fish

species Pterois miles (Bennett, 1828) - Devil Firefish

species Pterois mombasae (Smith, 1957) - African Lionfish

species Pterois paucispinula Matsunuma & Motomura, 2014

species Pterois radiata Cuvier, 1829 - Clearfin Turkeyfish

species Pterois russelii Bennett, 1831 - Planetail Firefish

species Pterois sphex Jordan & Evermann, 1903 - Hawaiian Turkeyfish

species Pterois volitans (Linnaeus, 1758) - Lionfish

Links and literature

AQUATAB. World Wide Web electronic publication [genus/3870]

Plíštil J. (Ed.) (2009): AQUATAB. World Wide Web electronic publication [http://aquatab.net] [as Pterois Oken, 1817]
Data retrieved on: 17 January 2010

The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [1356614]

Rees, T. (compiler): The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [http://www.irmng.org] [as Pterois Oken, 1817]
Data retrieved on: 30 November 2019

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