Pterois
Sign in to saveLionfish (genus Pterois) are venomous marine fish native to the Indo-Pacific. They are characterized by conspicuous warning coloration with red or black bands and ostentatious dorsal fins tipped with venomous spines. Pterois radiata, Pterois volitans, and Pterois miles are the most commonly studied species in the genus. Pterois species are popular aquarium fish. P. volitans and P. miles are recent and significant invasive species in the west Atlantic, Caribbean Sea, and Mediterranean Sea.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- OrderScorpaeniformes
- FamilyScorpaenidae
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- Parent taxon
- Scorpaenidae
- Named after
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18 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy
- Etymology
- Description
- Species
- Ecology and behavior
- Prey
- Predators and parasites
- Interaction with humans
- Native range and habitat
- Invasive introduction and range
- Western tropical Atlantic
- Mediterranean
- Predatorial and invasive behavior
- Long-term effects of invasion
- Control and eradication efforts
- "Lionfish as Food" campaign
- See also
- References
Lionfish (genus Pterois) are venomous marine fish native to the Indo-Pacific. They are characterized by conspicuous warning coloration with red or black bands and ostentatious dorsal fins tipped with venomous spines. Pterois radiata, Pterois volitans, and Pterois miles are the most commonly studied species in the genus. Pterois species are popular aquarium fish. P. volitans and P. miles are recent and significant invasive species in the west Atlantic, Caribbean Sea, and Mediterranean Sea.
==Taxonomy== Pterois was described as a genus in 1817 by German naturalist, botanist, biologist, and ornithologist Lorenz Oken. In 1856, French naturalist Eugène Anselme Sébastien Léon Desmarest designated Scorpaena volitans, which had been named by Bloch in 1787 and which was the same as Linnaeus's 1758 Gasterosteus volitans, as the type species of the genus.