WoRMS taxon details
Pterois Oken, 1817
204051 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:204051)
accepted
Genus
Pseudomonopterus Bleeker, 1863 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pterios · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
- Species Pterois andover Allen & Erdmann, 2008
- Species Pterois lunulata Temminck & Schlegel, 1843
- Species Pterois miles (Bennett, 1828)
- Species Pterois russelii Bennett, 1831
- Species Pterois volitans (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Subgenus Pterois (Pteropterus) Swainson, 1839 accepted as Pteropterus Swainson, 1839 (unaccepted > superseded rank, subgenus --> genus)
- Species Pterois antennata (Bloch, 1787) accepted as Pteropterus antennatus (Bloch, 1787) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pterois barberi Steindachner, 1900 accepted as Dendrochirus barberi (Steindachner, 1900) accepted as Neochirus barberi (Steindachner, 1900)
- Species Pterois bleekeri Döderlein, 1884 accepted as Ebosia bleekeri (Döderlein, 1884)
- Species Pterois brachyptera Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Dendrochirus brachypterus (Cuvier, 1829) accepted as Neochirus brachyptera (Cuvier, 1829)
- Species Pterois brevipectoralis (Mandrytsa, 2002) accepted as Pteropterus brevipectoralis Mandrytsa, 2002 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pterois cincta Rüppell, 1838 accepted as Pteropterus cinctus (Rüppell, 1838) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pterois geniserra Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Pterois russelii Bennett, 1831 (synonym)
- Species Pterois heterurus Bleeker, 1856 accepted as Parapterois heterura (Bleeker, 1856)
- Species Pterois kodipungi Bleeker, 1852 accepted as Pterois russelii Bennett, 1831 (synonym)
- Species Pterois macrura Alcock, 1896 accepted as Parapterois macrura (Alcock, 1896)
- Species Pterois mambassae (Smith, 1957) accepted as Pterois mombasae (Smith, 1957) accepted as Pteropterus mombasae Smith, 1957 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Species Pterois mombasae (Smith, 1957) accepted as Pteropterus mombasae Smith, 1957 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pterois mombassae (Smith, 1957) accepted as Pterois mombasae (Smith, 1957) accepted as Pteropterus mombasae Smith, 1957 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Species Pterois muricata Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Pterois miles (Bennett, 1828)
- Species Pterois nigripinnis Gilchrist, 1904 accepted as Parapterois heterura (Bleeker, 1856)
- Species Pterois paucispinula Matsunuma & Motomura, 2014 accepted as Pteropterus paucispinula (Matsunuma & Motomura, 2014) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pterois radiata Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Pteropterus radiatus (Cuvier, 1829) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pterois russeli Bennett, 1831 accepted as Pterois russelii Bennett, 1831 (misspelling)
- Species Pterois russelli Bennett, 1831 accepted as Pterois russelii Bennett, 1831 (misspelling)
- Species Pterois russellii Bennett, 1831 accepted as Pterois russelii Bennett, 1831 (misspelling)
- Species Pterois sphex Jordan & Evermann, 1903 accepted as Pteropterus sphex (Jordan & Evermann, 1903) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pterois vittata Sauvage, 1878 accepted as Pterois radiata Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Pteropterus radiatus (Cuvier, 1829)
- Species Pterois zebra Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Dendrochirus zebra (Cuvier, 1829)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Pterois Oken, 1817. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204051 on 2026-07-23
Date
action
by
2006-09-28 06:51:36Z
changed
Martinez, Olga
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Nomenclature
basis of record
Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ミノカサゴ属 | [details] |
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Catalog of Fishes
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pterois)
To Genbank
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pterois USNM 404039 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
To Catalog of Fishes
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pterois)
To Genbank
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pterois USNM 404039 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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