Clearfin lionfish
| Clearfin lionfish | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Scorpaenidae |
| Genus: | Pteropterus |
| Species: | P. radiatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Pteropterus radiatus G. Cuvier, 1829
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| Synonyms | |
The clearfin lionfish (Pteropterus radiatus), also called the tailbar lionfish, radiata lionfish, fireworks fish or radial firefish, is a carnivorous, ray-finned fish with venomous spines belonging to the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfishes and lionfishes. This species lives in the Indian and western Pacific Oceans.