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Tony Strazzari, license: CC BY-NC 4.0, source: iNaturalist
Superclass:
Osteichthyes
Class:
Teleostei
Order:
Perciformes
Suborder:
Scorpaenoidei
Family:
Scorpaenidae
Subfamily:
Pteroinae
Genus:
Pterois
Species:
volitans
Common:
Red lionfish
Climates:
Tropical
Temperate
Subtropical
Boreal
Waters:
Marine
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Regions:
Atlantic, Southwest
Atlantic, Western Central
Indian Ocean, Eastern
Indian Ocean, Western
Pacific, Eastern Central
Pacific, Northwest
Pacific, Southwest
Pacific, Western Central
Beattie, M., Nowacek, D. P., Bogdanoff, A. K., Akins, L., Morris, J. A. J. 2017. The Roar of the Lionfishes Pterois volitans and Pterois miles. Journal of Fish Biology, 90(6): 2488-2495.
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