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lionfish
The elegant form of a lionfish with a sea urchin.

A small lionfish beside two sea urchins.

  • Antennata Lionfish, Ragged-finned Firefish, or Spotfin Lionfish is distinguished for it's strikingly different pectoral fin rays, and it's large black and white "antennae"!
  • Pterois antennata
  • The main characteristic of the Antennata Lionfish, Ragged-finned Firefish, or Spotfin Lionfish is the lack of connecting tissue in between the spines of the fin rays
  • They do have venomous spines