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Class: Teleostei
Order: Perciformes/Scorpaenoidei
Family: Scorpaenidae Scorpionfishes or rockfishes
Subfamily: Pteroinae
Genus: Dendrochirus

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8 species (see list below)
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Photo by Randall, J.E.

Eastern Central Pacific
Max. Length 16.5 cm TL
Dendrochirus barberi (Steindachner, 1900)

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Dendrochirus barberi
[Hawaiian lionfish]

Photo by The Fish Database of Taiwan

Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 15 cm SL
Dendrochirus bellus (Jordan & Hubbs, 1925)

Photo by Photo by The Fish Database of Taiwan
 
Dendrochirus bellus
[Butterfly scorpionfish]

Photo by Muséum-Aquarium de Nancy/B. Alenda

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 13 cm TL
Dendrochirus biocellatus (Fowler, 1938)

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Dendrochirus biocellatus
[Twospot turkeyfish]

Photo by Bailly, N.

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 17 cm TL
Dendrochirus brachypterus (Cuvier, 1829)

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Dendrochirus brachypterus
[Dwarf lionfish]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 10.3 cm SL
Dendrochirus hemprichi Matsunuma, Motomura & Bogorodsky, 2017

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Dendrochirus hemprichi
[Red Sea dwarf lionfish]

Photo by National Museum of Nature and Science, Japan

Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 4.5 cm SL
Dendrochirus koyo Matsunuma & Motomura, 2019

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Dendrochirus koyo
[Ogasawara dwarf-lionfsh]

Photo by Matsunuma, M.

Eastern Pacific
Max. Length 5.7 cm SL
Dendrochirus tuamotuensis Matsunuma & Motomura, 2013

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Dendrochirus tuamotuensis
[Tuamotu's dwarf lionfish]

Photo by Patzner, R.

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 25 cm SL
Dendrochirus zebra (Cuvier, 1829)

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Dendrochirus zebra
[Zebra turkeyfish]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Dendrochirus barberi Hawaiian lionfish Eastern Central Pacific 16.5 TL 1900
Dendrochirus bellus Butterfly scorpionfish Northwest Pacific 15 SL 1925
Dendrochirus biocellatus Twospot turkeyfish Indo-Pacific 13 TL 1938
Dendrochirus brachypterus Dwarf lionfish Indo-West Pacific 17 TL 1829
Dendrochirus hemprichi Red Sea dwarf lionfish Western Indian Ocean 10.3 SL 2017
Dendrochirus koyo Ogasawara dwarf-lionfsh Northwest Pacific 4.5 SL 2019
Dendrochirus tuamotuensis Tuamotu's dwarf lionfish Eastern Pacific 5.7 SL 2013
Dendrochirus zebra Zebra turkeyfish Indo-West Pacific 25 SL 1829



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