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    The red lionfish (Pterois volitans) is a venomous coral reef fish in the family Scorpaenidae, order Scorpaeniformes. It is mainly native to the Indo-Pacific...
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    Lionfish (redirect from Pterois)
    with venomous spines. Pterois radiata, Pterois volitans, and Pterois miles are the most commonly studied species in the genus. Pterois species are popular...
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    red lionfish (Pterois volitans). The scientific name is from Greek pteron, meaning "wing", and Latin miles, meaning "soldier". Pterois miles was first...
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  • or Mombasa Lionfish Pterois radiata, also known as the Clearfin Lionfish, Tailbar Lionfish, or Radiata Lionfish Pterois volitans, also known as the Red...
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    urchins. The reef system is suffering an invasion by lionfish (Pterois volitans and Pterois miles), which are native to the Indo-Pacific region. They severely...
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    "Phylogeography of Lionfishes (Pterois) Indicate Taxonomic Over Splitting and Hybrid Origin of the Invasive Pterois volitans". Journal of Heredity. 109 (2):...
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  • Klimek, Brian J.; Plakas, Steven M. (January 2014). "Invasive Lionfish (Pterois volitans): A Potential Human Health Threat for Ciguatera Fish Poisoning in Tropical...
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    ) Albins, MA; Lyons, PJ (23 February 2012). "Invasive red lionfish Pterois volitans blow directed jets of water at prey fish". Marine Ecology Progress...
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  • fish also known as zebrafish Pterois, a genus of venomous lionfish, also known as zebrafish Red lionfish (Pterois volitans), an Australian coral reef fish...
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    a Batesian mimic in their case: but it is avoided by the lionfish, Pterois volitans, making it also a Müllerian mimic. Sets of associated rings are called...
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    B.; Silliman, Brian R. (2013). "Predation on Speared Red Lionfish, Pterois Volitans, by Spotted Moray, Gymnothorax Moringa". Florida Scientist. 76 (3/4):...
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    Identification USVI". www.snorkelstj.com. "Indo-Pacific Lionfish - Pterois volitans - Caribbean Fish Identification USVI". www.snorkelstj.com. "Spotfin...
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  • (spotted tilapia) Petromyzon marinus (sea lamprey) Pterois miles (common lionfish) Pterois volitans (red lionfish) Scardinius erythropthalmus (common rudd)...
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    tilapia) Parachromis managuensis (Jaguar cichlid) Pterois miles (Common lionfish) Pterois volitans (Red lionfish) Pelmatolapia mariae (Spotted tilapia)...
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    long-spine porcupinefish Diodon holocanthus red lionfish (invasive) Pterois volitans yellowtail damselfish Microspathodon chrysurus yellowhead wrasse Halichoeres...
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    is a threat to this species, as is predation by invasive lionfish, Pterois volitans and P. miles which prey on smaller specimens. There are no species-specific...
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    the spotted scorpionfish (Scorpaena plumieri), the red lionfish (Pterois volitans), the red hind (Epinephelus guttatus), the Nassau grouper (Epinephelus...
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    Museum. Retrieved 21 July 2009. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Pterois volitans". FishBase. July 2009 version. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.)...
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    brown basilisk lizards are common in the park. The lionfish (Pterois volitans and Pterois miles) is a tropical fish from the Indian-Pacific Ocean area...
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  • Proterorhinus semilunaris (Western tubenose goby) from Europe Pterois miles (common lionfish) Pterois volitans (red lionfish) (in Caribbean seas and shorelines on...
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    "Phylogeography of Lionfishes (Pterois) Indicate Taxonomic Over Splitting and Hybrid Origin of the Invasive Pterois volitans". Journal of Heredity. 109 (2):...
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    Habitat-Specific Density and Diet of Rapidly Expanding Invasive Red Lionfish, Pterois volitans, Populations in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. PLOS ONE 9(8): e105852...
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    Museum. Retrieved 21 July 2009. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Pterois volitans". FishBase. July 2009 version. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.)...
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    Pterois volitans in the aquarium....
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    fish (Gnathonemus petersi) Tetra (Astyanax fasciatus) Red lionfish (Pterois volitans) Arapaima (Arapaima gigas) Seahorses (genus Hippocampus) Redtail catfish...
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  • carolinus (northern sea robin) Prionotus evolans (striped sea robin) Pterois volitans (red lionfish; invasive species) Anarhichas lupus (Atlantic wolffish)...
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    population. These species of lion-fish, more specifically the Pterois volitans and Pterois miles, are not native to the Caribbean sea waters but instead...
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    Red lionfish (Pterois volitans) in Min Madura...
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    metabarcoding for stomach content analysis in the invasive lionfish Pterois volitans in Puerto Rico". Marine Ecology Progress Series. 558: 181–191. Bibcode:2016MEPS...
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    concerted effort to eradicate the invasive, non-indigenous red lionfish (Pterois volitans), which appears to be limiting its population around Little Cayman...
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