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Description
- 📏 up to 38 cm
- 🌊 reef slopes, wrecks
The red lionfish is striped with red and white bands, with large fan-like fins and venomous spines. It hunts small fish by cornering them.
Did you know?
In Tahitian, lionfish are called tataraihau.
Source: TAXREF vernacular database
Tahitian names: TAXREF (INPN/MNHN) – Society Islands. French name: Poisson-lion.
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