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About this species
Dendrochirus barberi, the Hawaiian lionfish or green lionfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfishes and lionfishes. It occurs in the Eastern Central Pacific. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Neochirus barberi”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 27 records
- February: 20 records
- March: 27 records
- April: 26 records
- May: 17 records
- June: 26 records
- July: 15 records
- August: 27 records
- September: 19 records
- October: 35 records
- November: 38 records
- December: 30 records
Photos
(c) Robin White, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Robin White, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Pauline Walsh Jacobson, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist 
(c) Thomas Irvine, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Thomas Irvine, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
Other scientific names: Dendrochirus barberi, Dendrochirus chloreus, Dendrochirus hudsoni, Pterois barberi
Similar species
LionfishPterois volitans
Spotted coral croucherCaracanthus maculatus
Pygmy coral croucherCaracanthus unipinna
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Species data updated November 4, 2026.
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