Spotfin Lionfish

Q: Where can you find Spotfin Lionfish?

Spotfin Lionfish can be found in: Egypt East, Laccadive Islands, Mariana Islands, Visayas, Australia West, Saudi Arabia West, Malaysia East, Taiwan, Australia North, Marshall Islands, Malaysia West, Mactan Island, Somalia East, Vanuatu, Sudan, Brunei, China, Myanmar, Eritrea, Australia, Hong Kong, Kenya, India, Israel, Japan South, India East, India West, Thailand West, Israel South, Oman, Somalia North, Australia East, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Vietnam, Seychelles, Indo-Pacific, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, French Polynesia, Bangladesh, Polynesia, Singapore, Tanzania, Malaysia, South Africa, Red Sea, Japan, Indonesia, Chagos Islands, Mozambique, Jordan, Palau, Philippines, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Micronesia, Egypt, Tonga and Samoa, Yemen, Mascarene Islands, Madagascar, Kiribati, Djibouti, Comoros, Fiji, Thailand, Saudi Arabia, Somalia.

Pterois antennata

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Pterois antennata, is a fish found in the tropical Indian and Western Pacific Oceans.

Other names: Broadbarred Firefish.

Description

Reddish to tan with many dark bars on body; median fins with scattered dark spots; tentacle above eye long and with dark bands. Adults with bluish black blotches near the base of the pectoral fins. It grows to a maximum of 20 cm and, like other lionfish, has venomous spiny dorsal fins.

Distribution

Indo-Pacific: East Africa to Marquesan and Mangareva islands, north to southern Japan, south to Queensland, Australia and Kermadec and Austral islands.

Habitat

Its typical habitat is in lagoons and reefs, where it hides during the day and hunts shrimp and crab at night. Hides in crevices under rocks and coral formations during the day and hunts at night. Typically with head towards the safety of their hide-out or narrow passage. Venomous and capable of inflicting a painful sting. Solitary or in groups.