red lionfish
Pterois volitans
- Class
- Ray-finned fish
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 4,786
- Most observed in
- 🇮🇩 Indonesia
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The red lionfish (Pterois volitans) is a venomous coral reef fish in the family Scorpaenidae, order Scorpaeniformes. It is mainly native to the Indo-Pacific region, but has become an invasive species in the Caribbean Sea, as well as along the East Coast of the United States and East Mediterranean and also found in Brazil at Fernando de Noronha. P.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Red lionfish”.