Dendrochirus brachypterus

Dendrochirus brachypterus, known commonly as the shortfin turkeyfish or dwarf lionfish among other vernacular names, is a species of marine fish in the family Scorpaenidae.[2]

Dendrochirus brachypterus

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Scorpaenidae
Genus: Dendrochirus
Species:
D. brachypterus
Binomial name
Dendrochirus brachypterus
(G. Cuvier, 1829)

Shortfin turkeyfish is widespread throughout the tropical waters of the Indo-West Pacific, Red Sea included.[3]

Dwarf lionfish is up to 17 centimetres (6.7 in) in length.[4]

It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade.[5]

References

  1. Motomura, H. & Matsuura, K. 2016. Dendrochirus brachypterus . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T69793633A69800927. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T69793633A69800927.en. Downloaded on 15 December 2019.
  2. http://www.fishbase.org/comnames/CommonNamesList.php?ID=4912&GenusName=Dendrochirus&SpeciesName=brachypterus&StockCode=5145
  3. http://www.fishbase.org/summary/4912
  4. Lieske & Myers,Coral reef fishes,Princeton University Press, 2009, ISBN 9780691089959
  5. http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2004/11/fish


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