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Common Lionfish

Pterois volitans (Linnaeus 1758)

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Pterois volitans (Linnaeus 1758)
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from FishBase in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Gasterosteus volitans Linnaeus 1758
Species recognized by GBIF national node type records UK
Pterois volitans
Species recognized by Egypt Species List, wikipedia 中文维基百科, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia русскую Википедию, wikipedia NL, wikipedia POL, wikipedia VI, wikipedia CZ, wikipedia FI, wikipedia UK, wikipedia CA, wikipedia SV, Australia Species List, Bonaire Saint Eustatius and Saba Species List, Canada Species List, Cayman Islands Species List, China Species List, Christmas Island Species List, Cocos Islands Species List, Colombia Species List, Comoros Species List, Croatia Species List, Curacao Species List, Djibouti Species List, Dominica Species List, Dominican Republic Species List, Federated States of Micronesia Species List, Fiji Species List, French Polynesia Species List, Guam Species List, Honduras Species List, Jamaica Species List, Kiribati Species List, Maldives Species List, Mariana Islands Species List, Marshall Islands Species List, Mauritius Species List, Myanmar Species List, Palau Species List, Papua New Guinea Species List, Philippines Species List, Puerto Rico Species List, Samoa Species List, Seychelles Species List, South Africa Species List, Taiwan Species List, Tanzania Species List, Thailand Species List, The Bahamas Species List, Sri Lanka Species List, Tonga Species List, Turks and Caicos Islands Species List, Venezuela Species List, Vietnam Species List, Vanuatu Species List, wikipedia ID, Japan Species List, Cuba Species List, wikipedia EU, Indonesia Species List, Mexico Species List, Andaman Sea Species List, Arabian Sea Species List, Arafura Sea Species List, Bali Sea Species List, Banda Sea Species List, Bay of Bengal Species List, Bismarck Sea Species List, Caribbean Sea Species List, Celebes Sea Species List, Ceram Sea Species List- duplicate, Coral Sea Species List, Eastern China Sea Species List, Flores Sea Species List, Gulf of Mexico Species List, Gulf of Suez Species List, Indian Ocean Species List, Java Sea Species List, Laccadive Sea Species List, Malacca Strait Species List, Mozambique Channel Species List, Halmahera Sea Species List, North Atlantic Species List, Molukka Sea Species List, North Pacific Species List, Persian Gulf Species List, Red Sea Species List, Savu Sea Species List, Philippine Sea Species List, Solomon Sea Species List, South China Sea Species List, Sulu Sea Species List, Tasman Sea Species List, South Pacific Species List, wikipedia SK, wikipedia SL, NCBI, Gulf of Oman Species List, wikipedia EO, wikipedia emerging languages, EOL authors, Ceram Sea Species List, Adriatic Sea Species List, Timor Sea Species List, and United States Species List
Pterois volitans
Recognized by CalPhotos, AnAge articles, Global Invasive Species Database, The Fish Database of Taiwan, Undersea Productions, Biopix Nature Photos, FAO Fishery Statistics, Furui 2020, and Animal Diversity Web
Pterois volitans (Linnaeus 1758)
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, GBIF classification, Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species, GBIF national node type records France, Anguilla Species List, Aruba Species List, and Mozambique Species List
Pterois volitans (Linnaeus 1758)
Recognized by Marine Life in the Koh Phangan vicinity and Freshwater and Marine Image Bank U Washington
Pterois volitans Linnaeus 1758
Recognized by OBIS environmental data records
Gasterosteus volitans
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz
Pterois volitans
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz, wikipedia DE, wikipedia ES, wikipedia IT, wikipedia PT, wikipedia FR, wikipedia 한국어 위키백과, wikipedia EN, Wikidata Common Names, Wikipedia (inferred records), Wikimedia Commons, Barcode of Life Data Systems, Simpson et al 2020, Global Biotic Interactions, and Global Biotic Interactions
Pterois volitans
Recognized by Flickr Group, AnAge, and Animal Diversity Web Traits and images
Pterois volitans (Linnaeus 1758)
Species recognized by Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023, iNaturalist, Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy, Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test, World Register of Marine Species, and TreatmentBank
Pterois volitans (Linnaeus 1758)
Recognized by Fishbase and NMNH Collection

Alternative Names

Gasterosteus volitans Linnaeus 1758
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from FishBase in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Gasterosteus volitans Linnaeus 1758
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Pterois volitans castus Whitley 1951
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Brachirus zebra (Quoy & Gaimard 1825)
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Gasterosteus volitans Linnaeus 1758
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Gasterosteus volitans Linnaeus 1758
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023 and Fishbase
Pterois lunulata
Misapplied according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Pterois lunulata
Misapplied name according to Fishbase
Pterois zebra Quoy & Gaimard 1825
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Scorpaena volitans (Linnaeus 1758)
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Common Names

English

Common lionfish preferred
Recognized by Undersea Productions, Fishbase, and Wikidata Common Names
Red lionfish
prefer
Recognized by Undersea Productions and Fishbase
Turkeyfish
prefer
Recognized by Undersea Productions and Fishbase
Scorpionfish
prefer
Recognized by AnAge and Fishbase
Butterfly cod
prefer
Recognized by Fishbase
Featherfins
prefer
Recognized by Fishbase
Fire fish
prefer
Recognized by Fishbase
Lion fish
prefer
Recognized by Fishbase
Lionfish
prefer
Recognized by Fishbase and Simpson et al 2020
Ornate butterfly-cod
prefer
Recognized by Fishbase
Peacock lionfish
prefer
Recognized by Fishbase
Red firefish
prefer
Recognized by Fishbase
Scorpion volitans
prefer
Recognized by Fishbase
Scorpion-cod
prefer
Recognized by Fishbase
Turkey fish
prefer
Recognized by Fishbase
Zebrafish
prefer
Recognized by Fishbase
lionfish
prefer
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species
red lionfish
prefer
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species
turkeyfish
prefer
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species

Arabic

Deek al bahar
prefer
Recognized by Fishbase
Dijajah
prefer
Recognized by Fishbase
سمكة التنين الحمراء preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Bulgarian

зеброва крилатка preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Catalan; Valencian

peix escorpí preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Chinese

國公 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
火烘
prefer
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
獅子魚
prefer
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
石狗敢
prefer
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
石頭魚
prefer
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
紅虎
prefer
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
翱翔蓑鮋
prefer
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
虎魚
prefer
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
長獅
prefer
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
雞公
prefer
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
魔鬼
prefer
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
魔鬼簑鮋
prefer
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names (prefers this name)

Czech

perutýn ohnivý preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Danish

Almindelig dragefisk preferred
Recognized by Fishbase

Dutch; Flemish

Gewone koraalduivel preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Estonian

Vöödiline tiibkala preferred
Recognized by Fishbase

Fijian

toa ni wai tui preferred
Recognized by Fishbase
toa
prefer
Recognized by Fishbase

Finnish

Siipisimppu preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

French

Laffe volant preferred
Recognized by Fishbase
Poisson scorpion
prefer
Recognized by Fishbase
Poisson volant
prefer
Recognized by Fishbase
Poisson-dindon
prefer
Recognized by Fishbase
Rascasse volante
prefer
Recognized by Fishbase

German

Rotfeuerfisch
prefer
Recognized by Fishbase
Pazifischer Rotfeuerfisch preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Hebrew

זהרון אדום preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Indonesian

Ikan lepu ayam preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Japanese

ハナミノカサゴ preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020, Wikidata Common Names, and World Register of Marine Species
Hana-minokasago
prefer
Recognized by Fishbase
Ominokasago
prefer
Recognized by Fishbase

Kazakh

Алабалық preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Korean

점쏠배감펭
prefer
Recognized by Fishbase
점쏠배감펭 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Luxembourgish; Letzeburgesch

Pazifesche Routfeierfësch preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Malagasy

Lafo preferred
Recognized by Fishbase

Malay

Depu preferred
Recognized by Fishbase
Depu-belang zebra
prefer
Recognized by Fishbase
Gedempu
prefer
Recognized by Fishbase
Lepu
prefer
Recognized by Fishbase
Lepu-penganten
prefer
Recognized by Fishbase

Malayalam

ചവരാലി
prefer
Recognized by Fishbase
ചാവരലി
prefer
Recognized by Fishbase
പൊങ്ങുകുത്തി
prefer
Recognized by Fishbase
ഫഞു കുതി
prefer
Recognized by Fishbase
Chavarali
prefer
Recognized by Fishbase
Phanhu-kuthi
prefer
Recognized by Fishbase
ചുവപ്പ് തേൾമത്സ്യം preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Marshallese

Ho preferred
Recognized by Fishbase
Kale
prefer
Recognized by Fishbase
Nufu pabo
prefer
Recognized by Fishbase

Norwegian

rød dragefisk preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Occitan (post 1500)

Rascassa volanta preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Persian

شیرماهی قرمز preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Polish

Skrzydlica pstra
prefer
Recognized by Fishbase
ognica pstra preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Portuguese

Peixe-leão-vermelho preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Russian

крылатка красная
prefer
Recognized by Fishbase
рыба-зебра
prefer
Recognized by Fishbase
скорпена ядовитая
prefer
Recognized by Fishbase
Крылатка-зебра preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Samoan

Sausau-lele preferred
Recognized by Fishbase

Serbian

Црвена риба лав preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Slovak

Krídlovec ohnivý preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Spanish; Castilian

Pez león preferred
Recognized by Fishbase
Velika plamenka preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Swahili

Chale preferred
Recognized by Fishbase

Swedish

Drakfisk preferred
Recognized by Fishbase and Wikidata Common Names

Tagalog

Tandang preferred
Recognized by Fishbase

Tahitian

Tataraihau preferred
Recognized by Fishbase

Thai

ปลาสิงโตปีก preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Ukrainian

Крилатка смугаста preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Vietnamese

Cá Mao Tiên
prefer
Recognized by Fishbase
Cá mao tiên preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Arz

سمكة التنين الحمراء preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Pnb

لال شیہنہ مچھی preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Hans

翱翔蓑鲉 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Hant

魔鬼簑鮋 preferred
Recognized by The Fish Database of Taiwan and Wikidata Common Names

Zh Hk

魔鬼簑鮋 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Tw

魔鬼簑鮋 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
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Curated hierarchies for Pterois volitans (Linnaeus 1758)

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Actinopterygii
Neopterygii
Teleostei
Euteleostei
Neoteleostei
Acanthopterygii
Perciformes
Scorpaenoidei
Scorpaenidae
Pterois
Pterois volitans (Linnaeus 1758) (this page)
Pterois andover Allen & Erdmann 2008
Pterois antennata (Bloch 1787)
Pterois brevipectoralis (Mandrytsa 2002)
Pterois lunulata Temminck & Schlegel 1843
Pterois miles (Bennett 1828)
Pterois mombasae (Smith 1957)
Pterois paucispinula Matsunuma & Motomura 2015
Pterois radiata Cuvier 1829
Pterois russelii Bennett 1831
Pterois sphex Jordan & Evermann 1903

Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023

Biota
Animalia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Actinopterygii
Scorpaeniformes
Scorpaenidae
Pterois
Pterois volitans (Linnaeus 1758) (this page)
Pterois andover Allen & Erdmann 2008
Pterois antennata (Bloch 1787)
Pterois brevipectoralis (Mandrytsa 2002)
Pterois lunulata Temminck & Schlegel 1843
Pterois miles (Bennett 1828)
Pterois mombasae (Smith 1957)
Pterois paucispinula Matsunuma & Motomura 2015
Pterois radiata Cuvier 1829
Pterois russelii Bennett 1831
Pterois sphex Jordan & Evermann 1903

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Actinopterygii
Neopterygii
Teleostei
Euteleostei
Neoteleostei
Acanthopterygii
Perciformes
Scorpaenoidei
Scorpaenidae
Pterois
Pterois volitans (Linnaeus 1758) (this page)
Pterois andover Allen & Erdmann 2008
Pterois antennata (Bloch 1787)
Pterois brevipectoralis (Mandrytsa 2002)
Pterois lunulata Temminck & Schlegel 1843
Pterois miles (Bennett 1828)
Pterois mombasae (Smith 1957)
Pterois paucispinula Matsunuma & Motomura 2015
Pterois radiata Cuvier 1829
Pterois russelii Bennett 1831
Pterois sphex Jordan & Evermann 1903

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Actinopterygii
Neopterygii
Teleostei
Euteleostei
Neoteleostei
Acanthopterygii
Perciformes
Scorpaenoidei
Scorpaenidae
Pterois
Pterois volitans (Linnaeus 1758) (this page)
Pterois andover Allen & Erdmann 2008
Pterois antennata (Bloch 1787)
Pterois brevipectoralis (Mandrytsa 2002)
Pterois lunulata Temminck & Schlegel 1843
Pterois miles (Bennett 1828)
Pterois mombasae (Smith 1957)
Pterois paucispinula Matsunuma & Motomura 2015
Pterois radiata Cuvier 1829
Pterois russelii Bennett 1831
Pterois sphex Jordan & Evermann 1903

GBIF classification

Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Scorpaeniformes
Scorpaenidae
Pterois Oken 1817
Pterois volitans (Linnaeus 1758) (this page)
Pterois volitans allen
Pterois volitans volitans
Pterois andover Allen & Erdmann 2008
Pterois antennata (Bloch 1787)
Pterois brevipectoralis (Mandrytsa 2002)
Pterois lunulata Temminck & Schlegel 1843
Pterois miles (Bennett 1828)
Pterois mombasae (Smith 1957)
Pterois paucispinula Matsunuma & Motomura 2014
Pterois radiata Cuvier 1829
Pterois russelii Bennett 1831
Pterois sphex Jordan & Evermann 1903
Pterois zebra Quoy & Gaimard 1825

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Animalia
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Actinopterygii
Teleostei
Acanthopterygii
Scorpaeniformes
Scorpaenoidei
Scorpaenidae
Pterois Oken 1817
Pterois volitans (Linnaeus 1758) (this page)
Pterois antennata (Bloch 1787)
Pterois brevipectoralis (Mandrytsa 2002)
Pterois kodipungi Bleeker 1852
Pterois lunulata Temminck & Schlegel 1843
Pterois miles (Bennett 1828)
Pterois mombasae (Smith 1957)
Pterois radiata Cuvier ex Cuvier & Valenciennes 1829
Pterois russelii Bennett 1831
Pterois sphex Jordan & Evermann 1903

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Teleostomi
Euteleostomi
Actinopterygii
Actinopteri
Neopterygii
Teleostei
Osteoglossocephalai
Clupeocephala
Euteleosteomorpha
Neoteleostei
Eurypterygia
Ctenosquamata
Acanthomorphata
Euacanthomorphacea
Percomorphaceae
Eupercaria
Perciformes
Scorpaenoidei
Scorpaenidae
Pteroinae
Pterois
Pterois volitans (this page)
Pterois andover
Pterois antennata
Pterois lunulata
Pterois miles
Pterois mombasae
Pterois paucispinula
Pterois radiata
Pterois russelii
unclassified Pterois

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Olfactores
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Actinopterygii
Neopterygii
Teleostei
Acanthomorpha
Acanthopterygii
Gasterosteiformes
Gasterosteidae
Gasterosteus
Gasterosteus volitans (this page)
Gasterosteus aculeatus
Gasterosteus algeriensis
Gasterosteus argentatissimus
Gasterosteus argyropomus
Gasterosteus atkinsii
Gasterosteus bailloni
Gasterosteus biaculeatus
Gasterosteus biarmatus
Gasterosteus bispinosus
Gasterosteus blanchardi
Gasterosteus brachycentrus
Gasterosteus breviceps
Gasterosteus burgundianus
Gasterosteus bussei
Gasterosteus canadus
Gasterosteus carolinus
Gasterosteus cataphractus
Gasterosteus concinnus
Gasterosteus cuvieri
Gasterosteus dekayi
Gasterosteus ductor
Gasterosteus elegans
Gasterosteus equus
Gasterosteus gymnurus
Gasterosteus hologymnus
Gasterosteus inopinatus
Gasterosteus insculptus
Gasterosteus intermedius
Gasterosteus islandicus
Gasterosteus japonicus
Gasterosteus laevis
Gasterosteus leiurus
Gasterosteus loricatus
Gasterosteus lotharingus
Gasterosteus mainensis
Gasterosteus microcephalus
Gasterosteus nebulosus
Gasterosteus nemausensis
Gasterosteus neoboracensis
Gasterosteus neustrianus
Gasterosteus niger
Gasterosteus nipponicus
Gasterosteus noveboracensis
Gasterosteus obolarius
Gasterosteus occidentalis
Gasterosteus ovatus
Gasterosteus plebeius
Gasterosteus ponticus
Gasterosteus pugetti
Gasterosteus pungitius
Gasterosteus quadracus
Gasterosteus quadrispinosa
Gasterosteus saltatrix
Gasterosteus santaeannae
Gasterosteus semiloricatus
Gasterosteus serratus
Gasterosteus sinensis
Gasterosteus stenurus
Gasterosteus suppositus
Gasterosteus teraculeatus
Gasterosteus tetracanthus
Gasterosteus texanus
Gasterosteus trachurus
Gasterosteus wheatlandi
Gasterosteus williamsoni

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Olfactores
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Actinopterygii
Neopterygii
Teleostei
Acanthomorpha
Acanthopterygii
Scorpaeniformes
Scorpaenidae
Pterois
Pterois volitans (this page)
Pterois andover
Pterois antennata
Pterois barberi
Pterois bleekeri
Pterois brachyptera
Pterois brevipectoralis
Pterois cincta
Pterois heterurus
Pterois lunulata
Pterois macrura
Pterois miles
Pterois mombasae
Pterois muricata
Pterois natalensis
Pterois nigripinnis
Pterois paucispinula
Pterois radiata
Pterois russelii
Pterois zebra

World Register of Marine Species

Animalia
Chordata
Teleostei
Perciformes
Scorpaenidae
Pterois
Pterois volitans (Linnaeus 1758) (this page)
Pterois andover Allen & Erdmann 2008
Pterois antennata (Bloch 1787)
Pterois brevipectoralis (Mandrytsa 2002)
Pterois cincta Rüppell 1838
Pterois lunulata Temminck & Schlegel 1843
Pterois miles (Bennett 1828)
Pterois mombasae (Smith 1957)
Pterois paucispinula Matsunuma & Motomura 2015
Pterois radiata Cuvier 1829
Pterois russelii Bennett 1831
Pterois sphex Jordan & Evermann 1903
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