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Pterois volitans (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Dataset
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GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
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Rank
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SPECIES
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Published in
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Linnæus, Carolus. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. Vol. Tomus I, Editio decima, reformata: i-ii, 1-824.
Classification
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kingdom
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Animalia
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phylum
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Chordata
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order
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Scorpaeniformes
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family
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Scorpaenidae
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genus
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Pterois
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species
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Pterois volitans
Name
- Synonyms
- Brachirus zebra (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
- Gasterosteus volitans Linnaeus, 1758
- Pterois zebra Quoy & Gaimard, 1825
- Scorpaena volitans (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Homonyms
- Pterois volitans (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Common names
- Almindelig dragefisk in Danish
- Butterfly cod in English
- Butterfly cod in English
- Chale in Swahili
- Chavarali in Malayalam
- Common lionfish in English
- Common lionfish in English
- Cá Mao Tiên in Vietnamese
- Danuy ranuy in language.
- Deek al bahar in Arabic
- Deek al bahar in Arabic
- Depu in Malay
- Depu-belang zebra in Malay
- Dijajah in Arabic
- Drakfisk in Swedish
- Fang-hamas in Maldivian
- Fanhaa mas in Maldivian
- Featherfins in English
- Fire fish in English
- Gedempu in Malay
- Hakuhalulele in language.
- Hana-minokasago in Japanese
- Ho in Marshallese
- Indo-Pacific red lionfish in language.
- Kale in Marshallese
- Laaligere in language.
- Laffe volant in French
- Laffe volant in language.
- Lafo in Malagasy
- Lakule in language.
- Lepu in Malay
- Lepu-penganten in Malay
- Lion fish in English
- Lion fish in English
- Lion fish in English
- Lionfish in English
- Lionfish in English
- Lionfish in English
- Lionfish in English
- Lionfish in English
- Lionfish in English
- Lionfish in English
- Maranga in language.
- Mirrginbina in language.
- Narwönö in language.
- Nufu pabo in Marshallese
- Ominokasago in Japanese
- Ornate butterfly-cod in English
- Ornate butterfly-cod in English
- Pazifischer Rotfeuerfisch in German
Bibliographic References
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Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2021). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (08/2021).
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Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2021). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (08/2021).
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Hureau, J.-C., and Th. Monod, eds., 1973: null. Check-list of the fishes of the north-eastern Atlantic and of the Mediterranean (Clofnam), vol. 1. xxii + 683.
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Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
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Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
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King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554.
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King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554.
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Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp.
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Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp.
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Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, et al., eds., 2004: Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Sixth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 29. ix + 386.
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Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1991: World Fishes Important to North Americans Exclusive of Species from the Continental Waters of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 21. 243.