蓑鲉属

蓑鲉属（学名：Pterois）通常称作狮子鱼，为有毒海水鱼的一个属，主要出现在印度洋-太平洋海域。

种编辑

魔鬼蓑鲉（P.volitans）

本属目前辨认出10个种^[1]：

作为大西洋的入侵物种，魔鬼蓑鲉身长约5~45公分，重约25克到1.3公斤^[2]^[3]^[4]。蓑鲉闻名于他们华丽的造型、有毒的刺和独特的触角^[5]^[6]。年轻狮子鱼的眼窝上方有表型随物种变异的特别触角^[5]，学界猜想演化出此触角是为了吸引猎物，也可能在择偶有一席之地^[5]。

^ Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) (2014). Species of Pterois. FishBase. Version 2014-06.
^ Whitfield PE, Hare J a, David AW, et al. Abundance estimates of the Indo-Pacific lionfish Pterois volitans/miles complex in the Western North Atlantic. Biological Invasions. 2006;9(1):53–64. Available at: http://www.sefsc.noaa.gov/labs/panama/documents/2006_Whitfield_et_al_Biol_Inv-1.pdf （页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆）
^ Morris, J. a, & Akins, J. L. (2009). Feeding ecology of invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans) in the Bahamian archipelago. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 86(3), 389–398. doi:10.1007/s10641-009-9538-8.
^ Randall JE, Allen GR, Steene RC (1997) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu.
^ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 Morris, J. a, & Freshwater, D. W. (2007). Phenotypic variation of lionfish supraocular tentacles. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 83(2), 237–241. doi:10.1007/s10641-007-9326-2.
^ Church, J. E., & Hodgson, W. C. (2002). Adrenergic and cholinergic activity contributes to the cardiovascular effects of lionfish (Pterois volitans) venom. Toxicon, 40, 787–796.