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Blackfoot firefish
Currently, the genus Parapterois includes two valid species.
Original source: http://www.izuzuki.com/ Author Izuzuki Permission (
Author: Izuzuki Permission (
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The Blackfoot firefish lives in the demersal, marine, depth range 40 - 300 m environment.
blackfoot firefish and is unique in having an elongate upper caudal ray. We found it while diving in Dauin, Negros in the Philippines. Then after several years I saw it again in Bali, Indonesia. More
F17B39 62622 Blackfoot Firefish (Parapterois heterura) portrait. F17B39 62623 Blackfoot Firefish (Parapterois heterura) D03B 62624 Red-gilled Nudibranch (Nembrotha rutilans) Detail of head. More
Common names
blackfoot firefish in English
Diabo-voador in Portuguese (Português)
Gurnard lionfish in English
Jié wei suo yóu in Mandarin Chinese
Laaligere in Carolinian
Ni suo yóu in Mandarin Chinese
Seto-minokasago in Japanese (日本語)
Swartvoet-vuurvis in Afrikaans
Threadtail firefish in English
To-ja-gam-p'eng in Korean (한국어)
异尾拟蓑鲉 in Mandarin Chinese
拟蓑鲉 in Mandarin Chinese
擬蓑鮋 in Mandarin Chinese
異尾擬簑鮋 in Mandarin Chinese
石狗公 in Mandarin Chinese
도자감펭 in Korean (한국어)
Family : Scorpaenidae
Genus : Parapterois
Species : Parapterois heterura
Authority : Bleeker, 1856