They use their venomous spines to fend off predators when they are threatened. This type of venomous fish belongs to the Scorpaenidae family, which means ‘scorpionfish’. The red lionfish depicted is ...

Previous studies based on DNA sequences of mitochondrial (mt) rRNA genes showed three main groups within the subfamily Serrasalminae: (1) a "pacu" clade of herbivores (Colossoma, Mylossoma, Piaractus) ...

Identification: The lionfish has beautiful reddish or golden brown bands covering the head and body. Their body is 1.5 times the length of it's head with a total size range of 6–12 inches. Possesses ...

The lionfish is a fish of the Scorpaenidae family (to which scorpionfish, mangangás, and beatriz belong). They are venomous fish carrying neuromuscular toxins with systemic effects on the rays of ...

Black often studies rockfish, a group of fish belonging to the Scorpaenidae family. They can live upward of 200 years, travel short distances and have a bony skeleton, making them the perfect ...

European ichthyofauna includes several nonlethal venomous species belonging to different fish families (e.g. Dasyatidae, Trachinidae, Scorpaenidae). We describe a simple technique of venom extraction ...

The first fish on our list is the blue rockfish. This vibrant marine fish is also known as blue seaperch. It’s a member of the family Scorpaenidae and is native to the northeastern Pacific Ocean. As ...

A total of 926 individual fish belonging to 28 species was sampled by bottom trawl in the leaf canopy. Labridae, Pomacentridae, Scorpaenidae, and Serranidae were the best represented families (41%, 38 ...

1 Department of Oceanography, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan 2 Biogeochemistry Lab, Taiwan Ocean Research Institute, Kaohsiung, Taiwan In the present study, we reconstruct the ...

CAPTION: The difference between a scorpionfish and a lionfish is that both belong to the Scorpaenidae, but true scorpionfish are part of the Scorpaena genus, and lionfish are part of the Pterois genus ...

An adult lionfish can grow as large as 18 inches, while juveniles may be as small as 1 inch or less. An adult weighs about 2.5 pounds. The lionfish’s head and body are brightly striped with ...