Luna lionfish
The Luna lionfish (Pterois lunulata), also known as the dragon's beard fish, is a scorpaenid fish of the genus Pterois native to tropical ocean waters in the western Pacific Ocean.[2]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Scorpaenidae |
| Genus: | Pterois |
| Species: | P. lunulata |
| Binomial name | |
| Pterois lunulata | |
References
- Motomura, H. 2010. Pterois lunulata (errata version published in 2017). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T155129A115274933. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T155129A4720732.en. Downloaded on 14 December 2019.
- "Pterois lunulata, Luna lionfish". Fishbase.org. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
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