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li·on·fish (l

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n. pl. lionfish or lion·fish·es

Any of various brightly colored tropical Pacific scorpion fishes of the genus Pterois, having venomous spines in the dorsal fin.

lionfish [ˈlaɪənˌfɪʃ]

n pl -fish, -fishes

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of various scorpion fishes of the tropical Pacific genus Pterois, having a striped body and elongated spiny fins

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lionfish - brightly striped fish of the tropical Pacific having elongated spiny fins

scorpaenid, scorpaenid fish - any of numerous carnivorous usually bottom-dwelling warm-water marine fishes found worldwide but most abundant in the Pacific

genus Pterois, Pterois - lionfishes

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family Scorpaenidae Fish genus Pterois genus Scorpaena genus Sebastodes genus Synanceja Pterois Scorpaena scorpaenid scorpaenid fish Scorpaenidae Sebastodes Synanceja			Pternohyla Pternohyla fodiens ptero- Pterobranchia Pterocarpus Pterocarpus angolensis Pterocarpus indicus Pterocarpus macrocarpus Pterocarpus marsupium Pterocarpus santalinus Pterocarya Pterocarya fraxinifolia Pteroceras Pterocles Pterocles alchata Pterocles indicus Pterocletes Pteroclididae Pterocnemia Pterocnemia pennata pterodactyl Pterodactyli Pterodactylidae Pterodactylus Pteroglossal Pteroinae Pterois Pteron pteronophobia Pteropappi Pterophore pteropod Pteropoda Pteropodous pteropogon Pteropogon humboltianum Pteropsida Pteropus Pteropus capestratus Pteropus hypomelanus pterosaur Pterosauria Pterosaurian Pterospermum Pterospermum acerifolium Pterostigma Pterostylis Pterotic pteroylglutamic acid pteroylmonoglutamic acid pterygial			Pteroclidiformes Pterocliformes Pterocliformes Pterocnemia Pterocnemia pennata Pterodactil Pterodactil pterodactyl pterodactyl Pterodactyl Woman from Beverly Hills Pterodactyles Pterodactyles Pterodactyli Pterodactylidae pterodactyloid pterodactyloid Pterodactyloidea Pterodactyloidei pterodactylous pterodactylous Pterodactyls Pterodactyls Pterodactylus Pterodroma Pterodroma cahow Pteroglossal Pteroglossus Pteroglossus Pterogymnus laniarius pteroic acid Pteroinae Pterois Pterolichus Pterolichus bicaudatus Pterolichus obtusus pteroma Pteromalidae Pteromedusae Pteromyinae Pteromyinae Pteromyini Pteromyini Pteron Pteron Pteronia pallens pteronophobia Pteronyssus striatus Pteropappi Pterophagus Pterophagus strictus Pterophore Pterophoridae Pterophoridae Pterophoroidea Pterophorus pentadactyla Pterophyllum Pterophyllum Pterophyllum Pterophyllum altum Pterophyllum dumerilli Pterophyllum leopoldi

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lionfish (redirected from Pteroinae)

lionfish
(redirected from Pteroinae)