Location: Big Island, Hawaii
Florent's Guide To The Hawaiian, South Pacific and
Indo-Pacific Reefs
Hawaiian Red Lionfish
Pterois sphex
Hawaiian Red Lionfish
Also known as: Hawaiian Turkeyfish
Category: Lionfishes
Scientific Name: Pterois sphex
Size: Up to 8 in. (20 cm)
Depth: 10-200 ft. (3-60 m)
Distribution: Hawaii (Endemic)
Chordata (Phylum)
└Vertebrata (Subphylum)
└Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
└Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
└Teleostei (Class)
└Perciformes (Order)
└Scorpaenoidei (Suborder)
└Scorpaenidae (Family)
└Pteroinae (Subfamily)
└Pterois (Genus)
└P. sphex (Species)
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