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Bony fish

Broad-barred Firefish

Pteropterus antennatus

Also known as: Antenna Lionfish, Antenna Turkeyfish, Antennata Lion, Antennata Lionfish, Banded Lionfish, Broad-barred Lionfish, Lionfish, Pterois Lionfish, Pterois Turkeyfish, Pterois Zebrafish, Ragged-finned Firefish, Ragged-finned Lionfish, Ragged-finned Scorpionfish, Rough-scaled Firefish, Spotfin Lionfish, Spotfish Lionfish, Spotted Lionfish, Pterois antennata

Adult
@fishx6 · Maldives · March 20081 / 25

Showing details for the adult stage. Switch stages to see how it differs.

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Overview

Found singly or in family groups, hiding during the day, facing inwards in crevices and under rocks of coral formations, foraging for food at night over lagoons and seaward reefs.

Lionfish can be found during the day, hovering above the ground, in caves or crevices, often upside down. At night they are out in the open hunting.
When disturbed they raise their feathery fins as a warning and will usually move off out of harms way, however, if cornered they are able to charge at considerable speed.
Their beautiful feathery pectoral and dorsal fins are highly venomous.

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How to identify

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Habitat & where to find it

Where the adult stage lives, and where its photos were taken.

  • Range · Indo-Pacific
  • Country only · 25
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Found singly or in family groups, hiding during the day, facing inwards in crevices and under rocks of coral formations, foraging for food at night over lagoons and seaward reefs.

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Adult photos 25

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderPerciformes
    5. familyScorpaenidae
    6. genusPteropterus
    7. speciesPteropterus antennatus (Bloch, 1787)

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    More in the family

    Rockfishes (Scorpaenidae)