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Red Lionfish
It can grow to 38 cm long. It has numerous reddish to nearly black bands with white lines in between. Long feathered-like pectoral fin rays with light and dark bands, dark spotted dorsal, anal and tail fins. Seen during a night dive in House Reef, Lankayan Island, Sabah.
The red lionfish is a venomous coral reef fish in the family Scorpaenidae, order Scorpaeniformes. "P. volitans" is natively found in the Indo-Pacific region, but has become a huge invasive problem in the Caribbean Sea and along the East coast of the United States along with a similar species, "Pterois miles".
Similar species: Perch-like Fishes
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Uploaded Jun 7, 2016. Captured Oct 1, 2015 11:49 in Malaysia.
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