Radial firefish (Pterois radiata)

Radial firefish (Pterois radiata)

Category Fishes
Maximum length 25 cm
Class Actinopterygii
Order Scorpaeniformes
Family Scorpaenidae
Genus Pterois
Shoot place Ras Um Sid Bay
Shoot date 2022-10-22

Short description

 

 

 

   

   The body is reddish-brown with six dark vertical stripes and thin white dividing lines. It has leathery barbels and head lobes, as well as two distinctive white horizontal lines on the caudal peduncle. The pectoral fins are wide, transparent, and stripeless.

 

 

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