| LC control no. | sh2005000610 |
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| LC classification | QL638.S42 Zoology |
| Topical heading | Pterois volitans |
| Variant(s) | Butterfly-cod, Ornate Butterflyfish Dragonfish Firefish, Red Lionfish Ornate butterfly-cod Red firefish Red lionfish Scorpion-cod Turkeyfish |
| See also | Pterois |
| Found in | Work cat.: 2004368194: Hare, J.A. An integrated assessment of the introduction of lionfish (Pterois volitans/miles complex) to the western Atlantic Ocean, 2003: p. 3 (Schultz considered lionfish (Pterois volitans/miles complex) to comprise two allopatric sibling species. Recent genetic work confirmed genetic differences between P. miles and P. volitans, but was inconclusive regarding the existence of two species or two populations of one species. Owing to the uncertainty of species status, lionfish will be used as a common name for the Pterois volitans/miles complex.) Random House (lionfish; -fishes (esp. collectively): a brightly striped scorpionfish of the genus Pterois, esp. P. Volitans ...) Wheeler world encyc. of fishes, c1985: p. 302 (P. volitans; butterflyfish; red firefish; turkeyfish) Migdalski fresh & saltwater fishes of the world, 1976: p. 201 (in illus.: lionfish (Pterois volitans)) Carcasson coral reef fishes, 1977: p. 252 (Pterois volitans (Linnaeus) 1758 = Pterois miles (Bennett) 1828; red firefish, scorpion-cod, dragonfish, lionfish) World fishes important to North Americans, 1991: p. 94 (Pterois volitans, lionfish, other names: turkeyfish, red firefish, ornate butterfly-cod) FishBase, Feb. 22, 2005 (Pterois, Red lionfish) |
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