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Hawaiian Lionfish

Neochirus barberi

Also known as: Barber's Lionfish, Dwarf Lionfish, Firefish, Fuzzy Lionfish, Green Lionfish, Hawaiian Green Lionfish, Hawaiian Red Lionfish, Hawaiian Redeye Lionfish, Lionfish, Scorpion Cod, Scorpion Volitans, Turkeyfish, Zebrafish, Dendrochirus barberi

Adult
@gwsmart656 · Maui Ocean Center, United States · November 20151 / 1
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Overview

Found singly or in family groups, hiding during the day, in caves, crevices, and under ledges, feeding at night in turbid waters of lagoons and clearwater reefs.
They feed nocturnally on crustaceans and small fish.
Eastern Central Pacific - Hawaiian Islands, Johnston Islands

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

Pattern
barsspots
Head & Mouth
red eyes

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Eastern Central Pacific
  • Exact location · 1
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Found singly or in family groups, hiding during the day, in caves, crevices, and under ledges, feeding at night in turbid waters of lagoons and clearwater reefs.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderPerciformes
    5. familyScorpaenidae
    6. genusNeochirus
    7. speciesNeochirus barberi (Steindachner, 1900)

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    More in the family

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