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Pterois antennata
About 20cm in size, brown coloration with contrasting white stripes, wide fans projecting spines and venomous spines.
Spotted at Pulu Cinta - Sulawesi, a sandy atoll reef, Pterois is a predator native to the Indo-Pacific, preys on small fish and invertebrates, can be found around the seaward edge of reefs and coral, in lagoons, and on rocky surfaces to 50m deep.
Pterois is a genus of venomous marine fish Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Scorpaeniformes Family: Scorpaenidae Subfamily: Pteroinae Genus: Pterois
Spotted on Aug 4, 2016
Submitted on Feb 6, 2017
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