Pterois radiata

• Overview
• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Biology
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

A generally uncommon species that inhabits lagoon and seaward reefs [1]. Prefers rocky reefs and seems to avoid stony corals . Coastal, sometimes in surge zones where in narrow crevices, or along rock-walls in small caves[2]. Found under ledges during the day[1].

Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -6,737 meters (0 to -22,103 feet).[3]

Biome: Marine .

Biology

Diet

Feeds exclusively on small crabs and shrimps.

Behavior

Predators:

Capable of inflicting a painful sting .

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Pterois radiata Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1829 • Pteropterus radiata (Cuvier • Pteropterus radiatus (Cuvier

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Comment: In Cuvier & Valenciennes.

Last scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 08-Jan-1997

Similar Species

Members of the genus Pterois

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 15 species and subspecies in this genus:

P. antennata (Ragged-Finned Scorpionfish) · P. barberi (Hawaiian Lionfish) · P. brachyptera (Shortspined Butterfly-Cod) · P. heterurus (Frillfin Turkeyfish) · P. kodipungi (Clearfin Lionfish) · P. lunulata (Dragon's Beard Fish) · P. miles (Indian Turkeyfish) · P. mombasae (Frillfin Turkeyfish) · P. nigripinnis (Spotless Butterfly-Cod) · P. radiata (White-Lined Lionfish) · P. russelii (Spotless Butterfly-Cod) · P. russellii (Spotless Butterfly-Cod) · P. sphex (Hawaiian Turkeyfish) · P. volitans (Ornate Butterfly-Cod) · P. zebra (Zebra Turkeyfish)

More Info

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Further Reading

• Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 168, p. 17, p. 172, p. 22, p. 25.
• Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries. Washington, D.C.: Govt. Print. Off., 1905-1950. url p. 178, p. 379.
• Catalogue of the fishes in the. .. Museum / by A. Günther London, 1860. url p. 122.
• Current bibliography for aquatic sciences and fisheries. London, Taylor & Francis ltd. url p. 581.
• Fishes of Guam, Hawaii, Samoa, and Tahiti. Honolulu, Bernice P. Bishop Museum, 1925. url p. 37.
• Fishes of the Crane Pacific expedition, by Albert W. Herre. 21 1936 Chicago, 1936. url p. 16, p. 265.
• Hawaiian fishes; a handbook of the fishes found among the islands of the central Pacific ocean, by Spencer Wilkie Tinker. .. illustrated by Gordon S. C. Chun and Y. Oda. Honolulu, Hawaii, Tongg publishing company, 1944. url p. 270, p. 399.
• Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy, at Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass. Cambridge [Mass.]: The Museum, 1876-1940. url p. 315.
• NOAA technical report NMFS SSRF. Seattle, Wash.: National Marine Fisheries Service; url p. 10.
• Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th series. San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences. url p. 74.
• Supplement to The fishes of India: being a natural history of the fishes known to inhabit the seas and fresh waters of India, Burma, and Ceylon / by Francis Day. London: Williams and Norgate, 1888. url p. 815.
• The Natural history of Enewetak Atoll / edited by Dennis M. Devaney. .. [et al.]; prepared by Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Department of Energy. Oak Ridge, Tenn.: U.S. Dept. of Energy, Office of Energy Research, Office of Health and Environmental Research, Ecological Research Division, c1987. url p. 296.
• The fishes of Samoa. Description of the species found in the Archipelago, with a provisional check-list of the fishes of Oceania. [By David Starr Jordan and Alvin Seale]. .. 1906 Washington, Government print off., 1906. url p. 178, p. 379.
• The shore fishes / by William C. Kendall and Edmund L. Goldsborough. 26 1911 Cambridge, U.S.A.: Printed for the Museum, 1911. url p. 315.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 15, 2007:

• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Bishop Museum Data
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity - Fish Collection
• Museum national d'histoire naturelle, Ichtyologie
• Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, MCZ Fish Collection
• National Chemical Laboratory, IndOBIS, Indian Ocean Node of OBIS
• OZCAM
• Provider, Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
• Royal Ontario Museum, Fish specimens
• Senckenberg, Collection Pisces

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 136842
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-31143
• Fishbase Species ID: 4913
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13542608
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 166887
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 122593

Footnotes

1. Lieske, E. and R. Myers (1994). Collins Pocket Guide. Coral reef fishes. Indo-Pacific & Caribbean including the Red Sea. Haper Collins Publishers, 400 p. [back]
2. Kuiter, R. H. and Tonozuka (2001). Pictorial guide to Indonesian reef fishes. Part 1. Eels- Snappers, Muraenidae - Lutjanidae. Zoonetics, Australia. 302 p. [back]
3. Mean = -1,801.790 meters (-5,911.385 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,669.430 based on 281 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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