Dendrochirus
| Dwarf lionfish | |
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| Twospot Turkeyfish (D. biocellatus) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Scorpaenidae |
| Subfamily: | Pteroinae |
| Genus: | Dendrochirus Swainson, 1839 |
| Type species | |
| Pterois zebra G. Cuvier, 1829 | |
Dendrochirus is a genus of scorpionfishes that are mostly known as dwarf lionfishes. They are native to the Indian and Pacific oceans. The Fu Manchu, Dwarf Zebra, and Fuzzy Dwarf Lionfish are members of this genus. They are also popular aquarium fish.
Species
There are currently six recognized species in this genus:[1][2]
- Dendrochirus barberi (Steindachner, 1900) (Hawaiian lionfish)
- Dendrochirus bellus (D. S. Jordan & C. L. Hubbs, 1925)
- Dendrochirus biocellatus (Fowler, 1938) (Twospot turkeyfish)
- Dendrochirus brachypterus (G. Cuvier, 1829) (Shortfin turkeyfish)
- Dendrochirus tuamotuensis Matsunuma & Motomura, 2013[2]
- Dendrochirus zebra (G. Cuvier, 1829) (Zebra turkeyfish)
References
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- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Dendrochirus in FishBase. April 2013 version.
- 1 2 Matsunuma, M. & Motomura, H. (2013): A new lionfish of the genus Dendrochirus (Scorpaenidae: Pteroinae) from the Tuamotu Archipelago, South Pacific Ocean. Species Diversity, 18 (1): 1-7.
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