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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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    2022. Photos of Pterois antennata on Sealife Collection Media related to Pterois antennata at Wikimedia Commons Data related to Pterois antennata at Wikispecies...
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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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    has media related to Pterois volitans. Wikispecies has information related to Pterois volitans. Species Profile - Lionfish (Pterois volitans), National...
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    offshore reefs. Pterois russelii is a solitary species which has venom bearing spines. It feeds on smaller fishes, crabs and shrimp. Pterois russelii is infrequently...
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    Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Pterois sphex". FishBase. February 2022 version. Perry, C. (2019). ""Pterois sphex" (On-line)". Animal Diversity Web...
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  • Lionfish within genus Pterois, collectively known as the lionfish: Pterois antennata, also known as the Antennata Lionfish Pterois miles, also known as...
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    "Pterois radiata". FishBase. February 2022 version. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Pterois"...
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    Smith noted that it seemed to most resemble Pterois sphex from Hawaii. In 2014 a new species, Pterois paucispinula, was described from the Western Pacific...
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    |intentional=yes}}.) 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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    "Pterois cincta". FishBase. February 2022 version. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Pterois"....
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    particularly sponges. Pterois paucispinula is normally encountered in small groups or as solitary fish. Motomura, H. & Matsuura, K. (2016). "Pterois paucispinula"...
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    "Pterois lunulata". FishBase. February 2022 version. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Pterois"...
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    Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Pterois andover". FishBase. February 2022 version. "Andover Lionfish (Pterois andover)". WhatsThatFish. Retrieved...
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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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    Pterois brevipectoralis is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfishes and lionfishes. This species is...
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  • turkeyfish, dragonfish, stingfish Pterois, a genus of venomous marine fish Devil firefish, common lionfish, Pterois miles Clearfin lionfish, radial firefish...
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  • freshwater fish also known as zebrafish Pterois, a genus of venomous lionfish, also known as zebrafish Red lionfish (Pterois volitans), an Australian coral reef...
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    moray eel was recently identified as a natural predator of the lionfish (Pterois miles) in its native habitat in the Red Sea. A mature giant moray has few...
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    designated Pterois zebra, described by Georges Cuvier from Mauritius in 1829, as the type species of Brachyrus which he considered to be a synonym of Pterois. This...
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    vulpes long-spine porcupinefish Diodon holocanthus red lionfish (invasive) Pterois volitans yellowtail damselfish Microspathodon chrysurus yellowhead wrasse...
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    in the Atlantic Ocean. Some species such as the lionfishes in the genus Pterois are invasive non native species in areas such as the Caribbean and the...
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    Andrew B.; Silliman, Brian R. (2013). "Predation on Speared Red Lionfish, Pterois Volitans, by Spotted Moray, Gymnothorax Moringa". Florida Scientist. 76...
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    porpoise and whale shark present in the islands' waters. The introduced Pterois is viewed as a pest, as it eats many native species of fish and has no...
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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...
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    Fish Identification USVI". www.snorkelstj.com. "Indo-Pacific Lionfish - Pterois volitans - Caribbean Fish Identification USVI". www.snorkelstj.com. "Spotfin...
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    (Nile tilapia) Parachromis managuensis (Jaguar cichlid) Pterois miles (Common lionfish) Pterois volitans (Red lionfish) Pelmatolapia mariae (Spotted tilapia)...
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    the aquarium trade. Parapterois heterura was first formally described as Pterois heterurus in 1856 by the Dutch physician, herpetologist and ichthyologist...
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    Pteroini Pterois volitans Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Scorpaeniformes...
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    aquarium trade. Dendrochirus barberi Was first formally described in 1900 as Pterois barberi by the Austrian ichthyologist Franz Steindachner with the type...
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