DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15157278
title: TABLE 4 in The lionfishes: Comparative development of Pterois volitans, Dendrochirus barberi, and D. hemprichi (Scorpaeniformes: Scorpaenidae: Pteroinae) and discrimination of their early life stages from non-pteroine scorpaenid genera in the Western North Atlantic

description: TABLE 4. Meristics for currently valid species of the Indo-Pacific lionfishes (Teleostei: Scorpaenidae, Pteroinae). Range or rare counts in parentheses. Pterois lunulata Temminck & Schlegel, 1843 synonymized as P. russelii Bennett, 1831 per Wilcox et al. (2018). NA: information not available.
TaxonDorsalAnalPectoralTotal caudal elementsSnout barbelsReferencesBrachypteroisB. curvispinaXIII (XII–XIV), 10 (8–11)III, 515 (14–16)200Matsunuma et al. (2013)B. serrulataXIII (XII–XIV), 10 (9–11)III, 5 (4–6)15 (14–16)200Matsunuma et al. (2013)B. serruliferXIII (XII–XIII), 10 (9–11)III, 5 (4)16 (15–17)200Matsunuma et al. (2013)DendrochirusD. barberiXIII, 9 (8–10)III, 518 (17)200–2, shortEschmeyer & Randall (1975); Matsunuma et al. (2017)D. bellusXIII, 9 (8–10)III, 517 (16–18)202Matsunuma et al. (2017)D. biocellatusXIV, 8III, 520202Fowler (1938)D. brachypterusXIII, 9 (8–10)III, 5 (6)17 (16–18)202Matsunuma et al. (2017)D. hemprichiXIII, 9 (8)III, 517 (16–18)202Matsunuma et al. (2017)D. koyoXIII, 10III, 718213, shortMatsunuma & Motomura (2019)D. tuamotuensisXIII, 9III, 519200Matsunuma & Motomura (2013a)D. zebraXIII, 10 (9–11)III, 6 (5–7)17 (16–18)213, longMatsunuma & Motomura (2019)EbosiaE. bleekeriXIII, 9 (8–10)III, 716 (15–17)160Eschmeyer & Rama-Rao (1978); Matsunuma & Motomura (2015a)E. falcata(XII) XIII, 9 (10)III, 8 (7)17 (16–18)160Matsunuma & Motomura (2015a); Matsunuma & Motomura (2016b)E. sayaXIII, 9 (10)III, 8 (7)17 (18)162, minuteMatsunuma & Motomura (2015a)E. vespertinaXIII, 9III, 8 (7)18 (17)162, minuteMatsunuma & Motomura (2016b)ParapteroisP. heteruraXIII, 9 (8–10)II, 7 (6–8)19 (18–20)20–220Matsunuma & Motomura (2022)P. macruraXIII, 9 (8)II, 719–2020–220Matsunuma & Motomura (2022)P. nigripinnisXIII, 9II, 719–2020–220Matsunuma & Motomura (2022)PteroisP. andoverXIII, 11III, 713 (12–14)222Allen & Erdmann (2008)P. antennataXII, 11 (10–12)III, 617 (16)203Matsunuma & Motomura (2011); Matsunuma & Motomura (2018)P. brevipectoralis 1XIII, 10 (9)III, 615–16183Mandrytsa (2002); Matsunuma & Motomura (2013b)P. cinctaXII, 11 (10–12)III, 6 (7)16 (15–17)203Matsunuma & Motomura (2016a); Matsunuma et al. (2016)P. miles(XII) XIII, 10 (9–11)III, (5) 614 (13)NA3Schultz (1986); Matsunuma et al. (2016)P. mombasae 2XIII, 10 (11)III, 618–19 (20)NA3Smith (1957); Matsunuma & Motomura (2015b)P. paucispinula 2XIII, 10 (11)III, 618 (17-19)20 (21)3Matsunuma & Motomura (2015b)P. radiataXII, 11 (10–12)III, 616–1719–203Matsunuma & Motomura (2016a)P. russelii 3XIII, 11 (10–12)III, 7 (6–8)13 (12–14)NA2Schultz (1986); Matsunuma et al. (2016)P. sphexXIII, 10 (11)III, 616 (15)NA3Eschmeyer & Randall (1975); Matsunuma & Motomura (2015b)P. volitans(XII) XIII, 11 (10–12)III, 7 (6–8)1422 43Schultz (1986)
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description: Published as part of Ditty, James G., Malca, Estrella & Vásquez-Yeomans, Lourdes, 2024, The lionfishes: Comparative development of Pterois volitans, Dendrochirus barberi, and D. hemprichi (Scorpaeniformes: Scorpaenidae: Pteroinae) and discrimination of their early life stages from non-pteroine scorpaenid genera in the Western North Atlantic, pp. 25-26 in Zootaxa 5446 (1) on page 25, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5446.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/11084543