Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Osteichthyes > Gigaclass Actinopterygii > Subclass Neopterygii > Class Teleostei > Order Perciformes > Suborder Scorpaenoidei > Family Scorpaenidae > Subfamily Pteroinae > Genus Pterois

Pterois miles (Bennett, 1828)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Pterois*	Oken, 1817	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Scorpaena miles*	Bennett, 1828	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: devil firefish sources: Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).

Hebrew: זהרון

Literature

basis of record	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
additional source	Ounifi-Ben Amor, K.; Ghanem, R. (2016). New record of the lion fish Pterois miles in Tunisian waters. MMS. 17/2: 612-613.
additional source	Corsini-Foka, M.; Kondylatos, G. (2015). First occurrence of the invasive lionfish Pterois miles in Greece and the Aegean Sea. Medit. Mar. Sci. 16/3: 692-702.
additional source	Ben Rais Lasram, F.; Mouillot, D. (2008). Increasing southern invasion enhances congruence between endemic and exotic Mediterranean fish fauna. Biological Invasions. 11(3): 697-711.
additional source	Bariche, M.; Torres, M.; Azzurro, E. (2013). The Presence of the invasive Lionfish Pterois miles in the Mediterranean Sea. Mediterranean Marine Science. 14(2): 292-294.
additional source	Azzurro, E.; Stancanelli, B.; Di Martino, V.; Bariche, M. (2017). Range expansion of the common lionfish Pterois miles (Bennett, 1828) in the Mediterranean Sea: an unwanted new guest for Italian waters. BioInvasions Records. 6(2): 95-98.
additional source	Turan, C.; Ergüden, D.; Gürlek, M.; Yağlıoğlu, D.; Uyan, A.; Uygur, N. (2014). First record of the Indo-Pacific lionfish Pterois miles (Bennett, 1828)(Osteichthyes: Scorpaenidae) for the Turkish marine waters. Journal of Black Sea/Mediterranean Environment. 20(2): 158-163.
additional source	Kletou, D.; Hall-Spencer, J. M.; Kleitou, P. (2016). A lionfish (Pterois miles) invasion has begun in the Mediterranean Sea. Marine Biodiversity Records. 9(1).
ecology source	Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1).

Genbank

External Links

FishBase
FishBase images (Pterois miles, Egypt, by Patzner, R.)

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Pterois miles (Bennett, 1828). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218077