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Family Scorpaenidae

INDO-PACIFIC

Pterois volitans

Wakatobi, Indonesia, 30 feet

Juvenile, Dumaguete, Philippines

LIONFISH or TURKEYFISH

Common on shallow reefs.  Feeds at dawn & dusk.  Attains 2 feet.  Western Australia through S. Korea, New Zealand, & Polynesia, excluding Hawaii.  Introduced & invasive in the Tropical Western Atlantic.