#Pterois russelii

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lion fish mermaids

there are lots of kinds of lionfish but nobody seems to label them.... when they do a “lion fish mermaid” I need to know which is it;

Andover Lionfish

Pterois antennata -  spotfin lionfish, banded lionfish, broadbarred lionfish, broadbarred firefish, raggedfinned firefish, raggedfinned scorpionfish or roughscaled lionfish

Pterois brevipectoralis

Pterois cincta -  Red Sea lionfish or Red Sea clearfin lionfish

Pterois lunulata - Luna Lionfish, dragon's beard fish or Japanese lionfish

Pterois miles - the devil firefish or common lionfish

Pterois mombasae - African lionfish, deepwater firefish or frillfin turkeyfish

Pterois paucispinula

Pterois radiata - Clearfin lionfish, tailbar lionfish, radiata lionfish, fireworks fish or radial firefish

Pterois russelii -  largetail turkeyfish, plaintail firefish, plaintail turkeyfish, Russell's firefish, Russell's lionfish, spotless butterfly-cod or the spotless firefish

Pterois sphex, the Hawaiian turkeyfish or Hawaiian lionfish

Pterois volitans - Red Lionfish