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Pterois radiata Cuvier, 1829 
AphiaID: 218084

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Scorpaeniformes (Order) > Scorpaenidae (Family) > Pterois (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Pterois Oken, 1817
Synonymised
taxa		  Pterois cincta Rüppell, 1838
 Pteropterus radiata (Cuvier, 1829)
 Pteropterus radiatus (Cuvier, 1829) (misspelling)
Sources  basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

basis of record: Smith, J.L.B. & M.M. Smith (1963). The fishes of Seychelles. Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University. Grahamstown. [details]

additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

from synonym: Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] [view taxon]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English clearfin turkeyfish  [details]
English radial firefish  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Djibouti [details]
Kenya [details]
Mozambique [details]
Red Sea [details]
Seychelles [details]
Somalia [details]
South Africa (country) [details]
Tanzania [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 14 proteins)
To ITIS
Note  Description: Capable of inflicting a painful sting. Inhabits lagoon and seaward reefs from the reef flat to a depth of at least 15 m. Feeds exclusively on small crabs and shrimps. [details]
Images 
Pterois radiata
Pterois radiata
added on 2008-12-13 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: not checked

Pterois radiata
Pterois radiata
added on 2010-06-10 - author: Collection VLIZ
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218084
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
1997-02-24 18:26:33Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
1998-06-10 10:27:05Z  changed  Fondo, Esther
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
2008-04-07 06:51:33Z  changed  Decock, Wim
2009-06-16 07:05:49Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Pterois radiata Cuvier, 1829. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218084 on 2013-05-23
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