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About this species
Neochirus brachypterus, the dwarf lionfish, short-finned turkeyfish, shortspine rockcod or shortspine scorpionfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfishes and lionfishes. It is found in the Indo-Pacific. It is sometimes found in the aquarium trade.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Neochirus brachypterus”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 92 records
- February: 67 records
- March: 113 records
- April: 133 records
- May: 124 records
- June: 89 records
- July: 88 records
- August: 98 records
- September: 114 records
- October: 103 records
- November: 112 records
- December: 104 records
Photos
(c) Ben Costamagna, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Pauline Walsh Jacobson, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Ben Costamagna, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Gregor Bailar, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Gregor Bailar, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist 
(c) Bernard DUPONT, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
Other scientific names: Dendrochirus brachypterus, Pterois brachyptera
Similar species
LionfishPterois volitans
Spotted coral croucherCaracanthus maculatus
Pygmy coral croucherCaracanthus unipinna
Zebra turkeyfishDendrochirus zebra
Guam scorpionfishScorpaenodes guamensis
Bleeker's LionfishEbosia bleekeri
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 October 26, 2026.
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