Accepted scientific name:
Dendrochirus biocellatus (Fowler, 1938) (accepted name) 1 literature reference for Dendrochirus biocellatus (Fowler, 1938)
Synonyms:
Nemapterois biocellata Fowler, 1938 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Nemapterois biocellata Fowler, 1938
Nemapterois biocellatus Fowler, 1938 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Nemapterois biocellatus Fowler, 1938
Common names:
Common name Language Country
Toplettet dragefisk Danish Denmark Click here to show the literature
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Bantol English USA Click here to show the literature
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Double-ocellated scorpionfish English USA Click here to show the literature
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Ocellated lionfish English Guam Click here to show the literature
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Ocellated lionfish English Micronesia Click here to show the literature
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Twinspot lionfish English Australia Click here to show the literature
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Twinspot lionfish English Christmas I. Click here to show the literature
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Twinspot lionfish English Indonesia Click here to show the literature
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Two-eyed lionfish English Indonesia Click here to show the literature
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Twospot turkeyfish English United Kingdom Click here to show the literature
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Twospot turkeyfish English USA Click here to show the literature
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tagitagikaua Fijian Fiji Click here to show the literature
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Ptérois ocellé French France Click here to show the literature
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Hireboshi-minokasago Japanese Japan Click here to show the literature
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Scorpion gojah Malay (individual language) Indonesia Click here to show the literature
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双斑短鳍蓑鲉 Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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双眼斑多臂蓑鲉 Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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狮子鱼 Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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獅子魚 Mandarin Chinese Taiwan Click here to show the literature
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雙斑短鰭蓑鮋 Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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雙眼斑多臂簑鮋 Mandarin Chinese Taiwan Click here to show the literature
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Classification:
Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Scorpaeniformes
Family Scorpaenidae
Genus Dendrochirus
Distribution: Indo-Pacific: Mauritius, Reunion, Maldives and Sri Lanka (Ref. 33390) to the Society Islands, north to southern Japan, south to Scott Reef.
Additional data: -
Source database: FishBase, Jan 2011
Latest taxonomic scrutiny: -
Online resource: http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=5827
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:2131175c-60a7-102d-be47-00304854f810:col20110201