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Pterois volitans (Red Lionfish)
Scientific name: Pterois volitans

Taxonomy: Kingdom Animalia → Phylum Chordata → Subphylum Vertebrata → Infraphylum Gnathostomata → Parvphylum Osteichthyes → Gigaclass Actinopterygii → Class Actinopteri → Subclass Teleostei → Order Perciformes → Family Scorpaenidae → Subfamily Pteroinae → Genus Pterois

Common name: Red Lionfish
Locations: Caribbean, Indo-Pacific
Group: Marine LifeFishLionfishes

These are an invasive species in the Caribbean. They also taste good, so eat Caribbean lionfish whenever you can to even the odds.

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Pterois volitans (Red Lionfish)
Pterois volitans (Red Lionfish)
Pterois volitans (Red Lionfish)
Pterois volitans (Red Lionfish)
Pterois volitans (Red Lionfish)
Pterois volitans (Red Lionfish)
Camouflaged juvenile
Pterois volitans (Red Lionfish)
Pterois volitans (Red Lionfish)
Pterois volitans (Red Lionfish)
Pterois volitans (Red Lionfish)
Pterois volitans (Red Lionfish)
Pterois volitans (Red Lionfish)
Pterois volitans (Red Lionfish)
Pterois volitans (Red Lionfish)
Pterois volitans (Red Lionfish)
Pterois volitans (Red Lionfish)
Pterois volitans (Red Lionfish)
Pterois volitans (Red Lionfish)
The best kind of Carribbean lionfish: speared
Pterois volitans (Red Lionfish)
Pterois volitans (Red Lionfish)
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