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Scorpaenidae
Plaintail turkeyfish
Pterois russelii
Thirty Centimeters Scorpionfish from Indo Pacific
Plaintail turkeyfish is known from Indo-Pacific as a fish. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 30 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Perches and Allies
- Family
- Scorpaenidae
- Genus
- Pterois
- Maximum length
- 30 cm
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Indo-Pacific: Persian Gulf and East Africa to New Guinea, south to Western Australia.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern

