Plaintail Lionfish, Pterois russelii Bennett 1831
Other Names: Largetail Turkeyfish, Plaintail Firefish, Plaintail Turkeyfish, Russell's Firefish, Russell's Lionfish, Spotless Butterfly-cod, Spotless Firefish
A Plaintail Lionfish, Pterois russelii, at Tingloy, Maricaban Island, Batangas, Philippines, August 2015. Source: Nicolas Bailly / FishBase. License: CC by Attribution-NonCommercial
Summary:
A lionfish without rows of small dark spots on the soft dorsal, anal and caudal fins,and relatively short dorsal-fin spines.
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Bray, D.J. 2017, Pterois russelii in Fishes of Australia, accessed 26 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/3647
Plaintail Lionfish, Pterois russelii Bennett 1831
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Distribution |
Exmouth Gulf, Western Australia, around the tropical north to the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland. Elsewhere the species is widespread and common throughout the Indo-west Pacific (absent from Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands). Inhabits muddy areas in well-protected shallow estuaries, bays and coastal waters, to quiet, deeper offshore reefs. |
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Similar Species |
The Plaintail Lionfish is often misidentified as Pterois volitans, which has rows of small dark spots on the soft dorsal, anal and caudal fins. |
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Species Citation |
Pterois russelii Bennett 1831, Proc. Comm. Sci. Corresp. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1: 128. Type locality: Coromandel coast, India, eastern Indian Ocean. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2017 |
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Plaintail Lionfish, Pterois russelii Bennett 1831
References
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