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Twospot Turkeyfish

Nemapterois biocellatus

Also known as: Double-Ocellated Scorpionfish, Fu Manchu Lion, Fu Manchu Lionfish, Lionfish, Ocellated Lionfish, Two-eyed Lionfish, Twospot Lionfish, Twospot Turkeyfish, Dendrochirus biocellatus, Twinspot Lionfish

Adult
@perigor2000 · Similan, Thailand · March 20101 / 6
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Overview

Found singly, often sheltering in caves and around sponges, over clear water reefs, rich in coral growth. Secretive often only observed at night.
They feed nocturnally on crustaceans and fish.

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

Body shape
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Head & Mouth
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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Indo-Pacific
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Found singly, often sheltering in caves and around sponges, over clear water reefs, rich in coral growth.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderPerciformes
    5. familyScorpaenidae
    6. genusNemapterois
    7. speciesNemapterois biocellatus Fowler, 1938

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    More in the family

    Rockfishes (Scorpaenidae)