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Red Lionfish

Pterois volitans

Also known as: Black Lionfish, Black Volitans Lionfish, Butterfly Cod, Common Lionfish, Featherfins, Firefish, Lionfish, Ornate Butterfly Cod, Peacock Lionfish, Red Firefish, Scorpion Cod, Scorpion Volitans, Turkeyfish, Zebrafish

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2016
VenomousKeep your distance
Juvenile
@fishx6 · Lembeth Resort, Indonesia · June 20061 / 16

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

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Overview

Juveniles are small copies of the adults, with less banding on the fin rays and spines. They are more common in shallow water, including mangroves, seagrass, estuaries and around man-made structures, and live in small groups, while larger fish tend to keep to deep reefs.

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How to identify

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Habitat & where to find it

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

  • Range · Indo-Pacific
  • Country only · 16
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Juvenile photos 16

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderPerciformes
    5. familyScorpaenidae
    6. genusPterois
    7. speciesPterois volitans (Linnaeus, 1758)

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    More in the family

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