zebra turkeyfish or zebra lionfish

 About "zebra turkeyfish or zebra lionfish"


📍Kingdom:- Animalia

📍Phylum:- Chordata

📍Class:- Actinopterygii

📍Order:- Scorpaeniformes

📍Family:- Scorpaenidae

📍Genus:- Dendrochirus

📍Species:- D. zebra

📍Binomial name:-

Dendrochirus zebra

👉Dendrochirus zebra, known commonly as the zebra turkeyfish or zebra lionfish among other vernacular names, is a species of marine fish in the family Scorpaenidae.

👉The zebra turkeyfish is widespread throughout the tropical waters of the Indo-West Pacific, including the Red Sea.

👉The zebra turkeyfish is an unusual looking fish with vertical stripes in orange, white and black on the body, and large, banded fan-like pectoral fins that flare out on either side as the fish lies on the seabed.

👉The front dorsal fin is made up of thirteen tall, quill-like spines and the second dorsal fin has ten to eleven soft rays.

👉The anal fin has three spines and about ten soft rays.

👉The second dorsal fin, the anal fin and the rounded caudal fin are transversely banded in black and white.

👉This fish grows to a maximum length of about 25 cm (10 in).

👉The zebra turkeyfish is native to the Indo-Pacific region from the Red Sea to Indonesia and eastern Australia

It is found in inshore waters down to a depth of about 80 m (262 ft).

👉It is a bottom-dwelling species and is found on coral, pebble, and rock bottoms on reef flats, outer reefs and lagoons and also in caves, sometimes in small groups.

📷:- https://reefguide.org/pixhtml/zebralionfish1.html

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