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    Species Accepted

    Pterois volitans (Linnaeus, 1758)

    Butterfly Cod
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Pterois
    IUCNLeast Concern

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      Recorded as introduced in 30 countries or islands

      30 results
      Introduced inAccording toInvasiveOccurrences in GBIF
      Antigua and BarbudaNo
      AnguillaYes
      ArubaNo
      BarbadosNo
      BermudaNo
      Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and SabaNoUnknown
      Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and SabaYesUnknown
      Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and SabaNoUnknown
      BahamasYes
      BelizeYes
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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      80 results
      Butterfly Cod English
      Butterfly-cod English
      Chavarali Malayalam
      Common Lionfish English
      Cá mao tiên Vietnamese
      Dragefisk Danish
      Drakfisk Swedish
      Eigentlicher Rotfeuerfisch German
      Fajra pteroiso Esperanto
      Featherfins English

      Treatments

      Source: Catalogue of Life
      1 result
      Source Dataset

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      16 results
      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. Published in
      Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm], 1. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.542 10.5962/bhl.title.542
      Observation.org contributors. 2018. "Download species lists". Observation.org, Nature observations form around the world. est. 2008. Hisko de Vries (man). Observation International Foundation. https://observation.org/download.php?lang=en&local=xx
      http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2012/details/species/id/9741333
      Zicha O, Hrb J, Maňas M, Novák J, and BioLib contributors. BioLib.cz: Taxonomic tree of plants and animals with photos. 1999 - 2019, https://www.biolib.cz/en/main/
      http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/details/species/id/10079391/common/38064
      Bacchet, P., Zysman, T. & Lefèvre, Y. 2016. Guide des Poissons de Tahiti et ses Iles. Quatrième édition revue et augmentée. Editions Au vent des Iles, Papeete. 645 pp.
      http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2012/details/species/id/10079391/common/38069
      Randall, J. E. (1992). Red Sea Reef Fishes. Immel Publishing. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=6091
      North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS). https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=2901

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