---
title: "Pez León de aletas cortas"
description: "Neochirus brachyptera — Peces. 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."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/dwarf-lionfish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Pez León de aletas cortas

> Neochirus brachyptera — Peces. 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.

- Scientific name: *Neochirus brachyptera*
- Category: `fish` (Peces)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar y costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 1289
- iNaturalist taxon: [1571748](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1571748)

## Names

- en: Dwarf Lionfish
- de: Kurzflossen-Zwergfeuerfisch
- es: Pez León de aletas cortas
- fr: Ptérois nain

## Countries with the most observations

ID (479), AU (402), PH (275), PG (11), TL (8), MY (4), NC (3)

## Summary

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

## Photo

![Pez León de aletas cortas](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/dwarf-lionfish/medium.jpg)

Photo: laiet17 · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/394949693

## Machine access

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