Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Hawaiian Red Lionfish
Hawaiian Red Lionfish
Scientific Name: Pterois sphex
Family: Scorpaenidae
Subfamily: Pteroinae
Category: Lionfishes
Also known as: Hawaiian Turkeyfish
Size: Up to 8 in, (20 cm)  
Depth: 10-200 ft. (3-60 m)
Distribution: Hawaii (Endemic)

Fish
Bottom Dwellers
Lionfishes

Hawaiian Red Lionfish

Shortfin Lionfish

Zebra Lionfish

Twinspot Lionfish

Red Lionfish

Spotfin Lionfish

Clearfin Lionfish

False Mombasa Lionfish

Stargazers
Clingfishes
Velvetfishes
Lefteye Flounders
Righteye Flounders
Batfishes
Flying Gurnards
Stonefishes
Scorpionfishes
Frogfishes
Flatheads
Toadfishes
seamoths
Hawkfishes
Sand Flounders
Soles
Waspfishes

External Reference: fishbase.org itis.gov

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