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Lionfish
Pterois antennata
-8.55658, 119.61
Field Notes
Description:
About 15cm in size, brown coloration with contrasting white stripes, wide fans projecting spines and venomous spines.
Habitat:
Spotted at Sea Flores, Komodo area, Pterois is a predator native to the Indo-Pacific, preys on small fish and invertebrates, can be found around the seaward edge of reefs and coral, in lagoons, and on rocky surfaces to 50m deep.
Notes:
Pterois is a genus of venomous marine fish Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Scorpaeniformes Family: Scorpaenidae Subfamily: Pteroinae Genus: Pterois
Reference Links:
Pterois - Wikipedia
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PublishedApril 21, 2018
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