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title: "Spotfin Lionfish"
description: "Pteropterus antennatus — Fish. 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."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/spotfin-lionfish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Spotfin Lionfish

> Pteropterus antennatus — Fish. 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.

- Scientific name: *Pteropterus antennatus*
- Category: `fish` (Fish)
- Habitats: `sea` (Sea & coast)
- iNaturalist observations: 2980
- iNaturalist taxon: [1571801](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1571801)

## Names

- en: Spotfin Lionfish
- de: Antennen-Feuerfisch
- es: Pez león de barra ancha
- fr: Rascasse volante à antennes

## Countries with the most observations

ID (785), PH (548), MV (187), FJ (86), PF (77), RE (66), PG (60), GU (58), MY (56), TW (55), OM (53), SB (45)

## Summary

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: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pterois_antennata

## Photo

![Spotfin Lionfish](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/spotfin-lionfish/medium.jpg)

Photo: Justin Philbois · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/244123679

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/spotfin-lionfish?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).