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Scorpaenidae
devil firefish
Pterois miles
Covered with dark bars and venomous spines
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Indian Ocean
- Africa
- Southeast Asia
- Fusiform
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Fusiform
Mediumdevil firefish is a marine fish of Indian Ocean. The species occupies coastal waters. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 43 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Perches and Allies
- Family
- Scorpaenidae
- Genus
- Pterois
- Maximum length
- 43 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Indian Ocean: Persian Gulf (Ref.80050) and Red Sea south to Port Alfred, South Africa and east to Sumatra, Indonesia (Ref. 33390 ). Atlantic Ocean. Also known in eastern Mediterranean (Ref. 37421 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
