Blackfoot firefish
Parapterois heterura
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A lionfish from two separate regions, southeastern Africa and Japan. It lives in sheltered bays with fine sand or mud bottoms, where it sometimes buries itself, and flashes its colourful pectoral fins when disturbed.
- Scientific name
- Parapterois heterura
- Family
- Scorpaenidae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Saltwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Scorpaenidae
- Order
- Perciformes/Scorpaenoidei
- Synonyms
- Parapterois heterurus, Pterois heterurus, Pterois nigripinnis
Origin
- Native region
- Ásia, África
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 38 cm
Behavior
- Swimming level
- Bottom
Reproduction
- Breeding strategy
- Egg scatterer
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Least concern (LC)
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