| Dwarf lionfish | |
|---|---|
) | |
| Twospot turkeyfish (D. biocellatus) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Scorpaenidae |
| Subfamily: | Pteroinae |
| Genus: | Dendrochirus Swainson, 1839 |
| Type species | |
| Pterois zebra G. Cuvier, 1829 | |
Dendrochirus is a genus of scorpionfishes that are mostly known as dwarf lionfishes. They are native to the Indian and Pacific oceans. They are also popular aquarium fish.
Species
There are currently six recognized species in this genus:[1][2]
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
_at_the_Waikiki_Aquarium.JPG')) | Dendrochirus barberi (Steindachner, 1900) | Hawaiian lionfish | Eastern Central Pacific. |
| Dendrochirus bellus (D. S. Jordan & C. L. Hubbs, 1925) | Bricked Firefish | South China Sea north to the Boso Peninsula, Pacific coast of central Japan | |
) | Dendrochirus biocellatus (Fowler, 1938) | Twospot turkeyfish | Indo-West Pacific |
) | Dendrochirus brachypterus (G. Cuvier, 1829) | Shortfin turkeyfish | Indo-West Pacific, Red Sea |
| Dendrochirus tuamotuensis Matsunuma & Motomura, 2013[2] | Tuamotu's dwarf lionfish | the Tuamotu Archipelago, South Pacific Ocean. | |
_(45552894282).jpg')) | Dendrochirus zebra (G. Cuvier, 1829) | Zebra turkeyfish | Indo-West Pacific, including the Red Sea |
References
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Dendrochirus in FishBase. April 2013 version.
- ^ a b Matsunuma, M. & Motomura, H. (2013): A new lionfish of the genus Dendrochirus (Scorpaenidae: Pteroinae) from the Tuamotu Archipelago, South Pacific Ocean. Species Diversity, 18 (1): 1-7.