Common lionfish
Pterois volitans
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Perciformes
- Family
- Scorpaenidae
- Genus
- Pterois
Where to Find
Found in 78 diving areas across 46 countries and 9 regions.
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia - 1 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Aruba Leeward Coast, Aruba - 4 records
- Abaco, Bahamas - 6 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 222 records
- Eleuthera & Harbour Island, Bahamas - 129 records
- Exuma Cays, Bahamas - 127 records
- Long Island, Bahamas - 1 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 127 records
- North Shore, Bermuda - 45 records
- Klein Bonaire, Bonaire - 9 records
- Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 279 records
- Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 149 records
- Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands - 79 records
- Curaçao Southeast, Curaçao - 6 records
- Cabrits & Northern Coast, Dominica - 2 records
- Punta Cana, Dominican Republic - 7 records
- Cousteau Reserve, Guadeloupe - 2 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 265 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 240 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 237 records
- St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 314 records
- St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 294 records
- Turneffe Atoll, Belize - 1 records
- Caribbean Coast, Guatemala - 4 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 1 records
- Bora Bora, French Polynesia - 2 records
- Christmas Island (Kiritimati), Kiribati - 2 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 1 records
- Yap, Micronesia - 10 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 25 records
- Rock Islands, Palau - 30 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Rabaul & New Britain, Papua New Guinea - 2 records
- Savai'i, Samoa - 1 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 5 records
- Ha'apai Group, Tonga - 2 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 5 records
- Vava'u Group, Tonga - 3 records
- Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - 3 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 4 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 25 records
- Okinawa Main Island, Japan - 33 records
- Jeju Island, South Korea - 1 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 15 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 2 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 9 records
- Watamu & Malindi, Kenya - 1 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 9 records
- Bazaruto Archipelago, Mozambique - 2 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 2 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 2 records
- Inner Islands, Seychelles - 10 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 8 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 6 records
- Kalpitiya & Northwest, Sri Lanka - 1 records
- Trincomalee & East Coast, Sri Lanka - 2 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 5 records
- Gulf of Tadjoura, Djibouti - 2 records
- Eilat, Israel - 3 records
- Aqaba, Jordan - 4 records
- Aqaba Marine Park, Jordan - 4 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 203 records
- Los Roques Archipelago, Venezuela - 34 records
- Morrocoy & Chichiriviche, Venezuela - 232 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 11 records
- Flores, Indonesia - 2 records
- Komodo, Indonesia - 1 records
- Lombok & Gili Islands, Indonesia - 2 records
- Raja Ampat, Indonesia - 1 records
- Anilao, Philippines - 25 records
- Apo Reef, Philippines - 4 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 6 records
- Malapascua, Philippines - 28 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 4 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 35 records
- Atauro Island, Timor-Leste - 6 records
- Dili Coast, Timor-Leste - 6 records