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Pterois antennata (Bloch, 1787) 
AphiaID: 218081

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Scorpaeniformes (Order) > Scorpaenidae (Family) > Pterois (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Pterois Oken, 1817
Synonymised
taxa		  Pseudomonopterus antennatus (Bloch, 1787)
 Pteropterus antennata (Bloch, 1787)
 Scorpaena antennata Bloch, 1787
Sources  basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: Roberts, C.; Stewart, A.; Francis, M. (2009). Marine fishes (Chordata). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English broadbarred firefish  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Chagos [details]
Kenya [details]
Madagascar [details]
Mauritius [details]
Mozambique [details]
New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Reunion [details]
Seychelles (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
South Africa (country) [details]
Host of  Taeniacanthus pteroisi Shen, 1957 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links To Barcode of Life (22 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (51 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (41 nucleotides; 39 proteins)
To ITIS
Note  Description: Occurs in lagoon and seaward reefs to a depth of at least 50 m. Hides in crevices under rocks and coral formations during the day and hunts at night, feeding on shrimps and crabs. Venomous and capable of inflicting a painful sting. [details]
Images 
Pterois antennata
Pterois antennata
added on 2008-12-13 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: not checked

Pterois antennata
Pterois antennata
added on 2008-12-13 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218081
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
1997-02-24 18:26:33Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
2008-04-07 06:51:33Z  changed  Decock, Wim
2009-06-16 07:05:49Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Pterois antennata (Bloch, 1787). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218081 on 2013-05-22
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