Zebra turkeyfish

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iZebra turkeyfish

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Scorpaenidae
Genus: Pterois
Species: P. zebra
Binomial name
Pterois zebra
Cuvier, 1829

The Zebra turkeyfish or Zebra lionfish, Pterois zebra, is a carnivorous ray-finned fish with venomous spines that lives in the Indian and western Pacific oceans.

It reaches a maximum 25cm and inhabit tropical waters.

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