Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

False Mombasa Lionfish
False Mombasa Lionfish
Scientific Name: Pterois paucispinula
Family: Scorpaenidae
Subfamily: Pteroinae
Category: Lionfishes
Size: Up to 7 in. (18 cm)  
Depth: 30-150 ft. (10-45 m)
Distribution: Asian Pacific

Fish
Bottom-Dwellers
Lionfishes

False Mombasa Lionfish

Hawaiian Red Lionfish

Shortfin Lionfish

Zebra Lionfish

Twinspot Lionfish

Common Lionfish

Spotfin Lionfish

Clearfin Lionfish

Lizardfishes
Stargazers
Clingfishes
Velvetfishes
Lefteye Flounders
Jawfishes
Righteye Flounders
Batfishes
Flying Gurnards
Stonefishes
Scorpionfishes
Sandperches
Dragonets
Frogfishes
Flatheads
Toadfishes
Sand Divers
seamoths
Sand Flounders
Soles
Hawkfishes
Waspfishes

External Reference: fishbase.org itis.gov

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