broadbarred firefish
Pteropterus antennatus
- Best monthsMarch, September, and December
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) Nhobgood, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
About this species
Pteropterus antennatus, the spotfin lionfish, banded lionfish, broadbarred lionfish, broadbarred firefish, raggedfinned firefish, raggedfinned scorpionfish or roughscaled lionfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfishes and lionfishes. It is found in the tropical Indian and Western Pacific Oceans.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Pterois antennata”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 221 records
- February: 204 records
- March: 264 records
- April: 216 records
- May: 260 records
- June: 212 records
- July: 258 records
- August: 197 records
- September: 265 records
- October: 256 records
- November: 254 records
- December: 291 records
Photos
(c) H. Zell, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
(c) Gregor Bailar, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) portioid, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Donald Davesne, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) portioid, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Ben Costamagna, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Ben Costamagna, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- broadbarred firefish, sailyard firefish
Names in 1 more languages
- Japanese
- Nettaiminokasago, ネッタイミノカサゴ
Other scientific names: Pseudomonopterus antennatus, Pterois antennata, Pteropterois antennata, Pteropterus antennata, Scorpaena antennata
Similar species
LionfishPterois volitans
Spotted coral croucherCaracanthus maculatus
Pygmy coral croucherCaracanthus unipinna
Zebra turkeyfishDendrochirus zebra
Guam scorpionfishScorpaenodes guamensis
- Mozambique scorpionfish
Parascorpaena mossambica
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.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- Species data updated October 26, 2026.
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