#2197 · 🐟 fish

Indian Lionfish

🇳🇱 Indische koraalduivel ·Pterois miles

LCleast concern 🐟 Fish 📍 in Europe, not in NL

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Luis P. B. · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © aspearton · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Jane Kempler & Andrew Goldby Freelance · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
4. © Survey-corps · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Daniel Benák · CC BY 4.0
6. Vetchies pier:© brentch · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Cacadu, ZA-EC, ZA:© Craig Peter · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Ionian Islands, Peloponnese, Western Greece and the Ionian Islands, Greece:© Falk Viczian Solarboot-Projekte gGmbH · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Mar Mediterraneo, Leporano, Puglia, IT:© Gianfrs · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
10. Taormina, Sicily, IT:© bridgetskill · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Pterois miles , the common lionfish , or devil firefish , is a species of ray-finned fish native to the western Indo-Pacific region. The common lionfish is frequently confused with its close relative, the red lionfish ( Pterois volitans ).

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 4,566iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
4,566 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by John Whitchurch Bennett in 1828 (198 years ago).