lionfish

Pterois volitans

Fish Reaching Forty Five Point Seven Centimeters in Japanese Waters

lionfish is known from Pacific Ocean as a marine fish. It occurs in marine waters.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Perches and Allies
Family: Scorpaenidae
Genus: Pterois
Maximum length: 45.7 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Pacific Ocean: Cocos-Keeling Islands and Western Australia (Ref. 27362 ) in the eastern Indian Ocean to the Marquesas and Oeno (Pitcairn group), north to southern Japan and southern Korea, south to Lord Howe Island, northern New Zealand, and the Austral Islands. Replaced by the very similar Pterois miles from the Red Sea to Sumatra.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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