COMMON NAMES:
Common Lionfish.
SCIENTIFIC
NAME:
Pterois volitans
DESCRIPTION:
Numerous reddish brown bars and lines. Long feather-like pectoral and dorsal
fin rays.
RANGE:
Eastern
Indo-Pacific. Western Australia to Southern Japan and east to Pitcairn
Island. Also introduced to the western Atlantic - Rapidly expanding range
along the North and South American coastlines and throughout the Caribbean.
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