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Common Lionfish

Theme area: Tropical aquariums

Scientific name: Pterois volitans

Class: Chordates

Order: Vertebrates

Suborder: Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fish)

Family: Ginglymostomatidae

Subfamily: Ginglymostoma

Continent:

, Asia

, Oceania

, Africa

, Europe

Habitat: Oceans and seas

Diet: Omnivore

Weight: NC

Size: 40 cm

This flying scorpion fish is native to the western Pacific Ocean, but is spreading to the Caribbean and the Mediterranean.

INTERESTING FACTS

It feeds mainly on small fish and crustaceans, which it hunts mainly at night. These fish have a generalist diet, which partly explains their invasive success (they are now found in the Caribbean, the Mediterranean and throughout Africa).

Conservation status (assessed by IUCN)

Extinct

Extinct in the wild

Critically endangered

Endangered

Vulnerable

Near threatened

Least concern

Insufficient data

Not evaluated

DID YOU KNOW ?

This fish is very venomous, its bite is very painful and in rare cases even fatal, which probably explains why it has so few predators.

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