Dendrochirus biocellatus
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| Twinspot lionfish | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Scorpaenidae |
| Genus: | Dendrochirus |
| Species: | D. biocellatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Dendrochirus biocellatus (Fowler, 1938) | |
Dendrochirus biocellatus, known commonly as the Twospot turkeyfish or Ocellated lionfish among other vernacular names, is a species of marine fish in the family Scorpaenidae. [1]
Twospot turkeyfish is widespread throughout the tropical waters of the Indo-West Pacific region.[2]
Twospot turkeyfish is up to 13 centimetres (5.1 in) in length.[3]
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- "Dendrochirus biocellatus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 6 June 2006.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2005). "Dendrochirus biocellatus" in FishBase. November 2005 version.
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