Pterois mombasae

Taxonavigation: Scorpaenoidei
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Kingdom: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Ordo: Scorpaeniformes Subordo: Scorpaenoidei

Familia: Scorpaenidae
Subfamilia: Pteroinae
Genus: Pterois
Species:

Name

Pterois mombasae (Smith, 1957)

Type locality: Reef near Mombasa, Kenya, western Indian Ocean.

Etymology: The specific name mombasae is derived from the type locality of the species, Mombasa, Kenya.

Matsunuma, M. & Motomura, H. 2014: Pterois paucispinula, a new species of lionfish (Scorpaenidae: Pteroinae) from the western Pacific Ocean. Ichthyological Research 62 (3): 327–346. DOI: 10.1007/s10228-014-0451-6 Reference page.
Smith, J.L.B. 1957. The fishes of the family Scorpaenidae in the western Indian Ocean. Pt. II. The subfamilies Pteroinae, Apistinae, Setarchinae and Sebastinae. Ichthyological Bulletin of the J. L. B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology 5: 75–87, Pls. 5–6. Reference page.