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Russell's Lionfish
''Pterois russelii'', the largetail turkeyfish, plaintail firefish, plaintail turkeyfish, Russell's firefish, Russell's lionfish, spotless butterfly-cod or the spotless firefish, is a species of ray-finned fish with venomous spines belonging to the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfishes and lionfishes. It is native to the Indo- Pacific Ocean from the eastern part of Africa to the Persian Gulf. Taxonomy ''Pterois russelii'' was first formally described in 1831 by the English naturalist Edward Turner Bennett with the type locality given as Coromandel Coast in India. Molecular studies, and some morphological data too, have indicated that this species and the luna lionfish (''P. lunulata'') are the same species, ''P. russelii''. The specific name honours the Scottish surgeon and herpetologist Patrick Russell , who had illustrated and described, without naming, this species in 1803. Bennett, misspelt Russell's name by leaving out the final l, as Cuvier and Valenciennes d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Turner Bennett
Edward Turner Bennett (6 January 1797 – 21 August 1836) was an English zoologist and writer. He was the elder brother of the botanist John Joseph Bennett.Bennett, Edward Turner (1797-1836), zoologist by J. C. Edwards in online (accessed 21 July 2008) Bennett was born at Hackney and practiced as a surgeon, but his chief pursuit was always zoology. In 1822 he attempted to establish an entomological society, which later became a zoological soci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |