---
title: "Gestreepte dwergkoraalduivel"
description: "Dendrochirus zebra — Vissen. Dendrochirus zebra, known commonly as the zebra turkeyfish or zebra lionfish among other vernacular names, is a species of marine fish in the family Scorpaenidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/zebra-lionfish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Gestreepte dwergkoraalduivel

> Dendrochirus zebra — Vissen. Dendrochirus zebra, known commonly as the zebra turkeyfish or zebra lionfish among other vernacular names, is a species of marine fish in the family Scorpaenidae.

- Scientific name: *Dendrochirus zebra*
- Category: `fish` (Vissen)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 2647
- Wikidata: [Q169404](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q169404)
- iNaturalist taxon: [119389](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/119389)

## Names

- en: Zebra Lionfish
- de: Zebra-Zwergfeuerfisch
- es: Pez León Mariposa
- fr: Ptérois-zèbre
- nl: Gestreepte dwergkoraalduivel

## Countries with the most observations

ID (632), AU (383), NC (280), PH (247), HK (231), TW (109), MY (104), TH (62), JP (58), FJ (28), VN (26), MU (25)

## Summary

Dendrochirus zebra, known commonly as the zebra turkeyfish or zebra lionfish among other vernacular names, is a species of marine fish in the family Scorpaenidae.
The zebra turkeyfish is widespread throughout the tropical waters of the Indo-West Pacific, including the Red Sea.

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

## Photo

![Gestreepte dwergkoraalduivel](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/zebra-lionfish/medium.jpg)

Photo: laiet17 · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/394949649

## Machine access

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