Dendrochirus

Dwarf lionfish
	Twospot turkeyfish (D. biocellatus)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Scorpaeniformes
Family:	Scorpaenidae
Tribe:	Pteroini
Genus:	Dendrochirus; Swainson, 1839
Type species
	Pterois zebra; G. Cuvier, 1829

Dendrochirus is a genus of scorpionfishes that are mostly known as dwarf lionfishes. They are native to the Indian and Pacific oceans. They are also popular aquarium fish.

Species

There are currently six recognized species in this genus:^[1]^[2]

Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
Dendrochirus barberi (Steindachner, 1900)	Hawaiian lionfish	Eastern Central Pacific.
Dendrochirus bellus (D. S. Jordan & C. L. Hubbs, 1925)	Bricked Firefish	South China Sea north to the Boso Peninsula, Pacific coast of central Japan
Dendrochirus biocellatus (Fowler, 1938)	Twospot turkeyfish	Indo-West Pacific
Dendrochirus brachypterus (G. Cuvier, 1829)	Shortfin turkeyfish	Indo-West Pacific, Red Sea
Dendrochirus tuamotuensis Matsunuma & Motomura, 2013^[2]	Tuamotu's dwarf lionfish	the Tuamotu Archipelago, South Pacific Ocean.
Dendrochirus zebra (G. Cuvier, 1829)	Zebra turkeyfish	Indo-West Pacific, including the Red Sea

References

^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Dendrochirus in FishBase. April 2013 version.
^ ^a ^b Matsunuma, M. & Motomura, H. (2013): A new lionfish of the genus Dendrochirus (Scorpaenidae: Pteroinae) from the Tuamotu Archipelago, South Pacific Ocean. Species Diversity, 18 (1): 1-7.

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[1] Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Dendrochirus in FishBase. April 2013 version.

[Matsunuma2013-2] Matsunuma, M. & Motomura, H. (2013): A new lionfish of the genus Dendrochirus (Scorpaenidae: Pteroinae) from the Tuamotu Archipelago, South Pacific Ocean. Species Diversity, 18 (1): 1-7.

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