Dendrochirus barberi
Dendrochirus barberi, the Hawaiian lionfish, is a dwarf lionfish from the Eastern Central Pacific. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 16.5 cm in length.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Scorpaenidae |
| Genus: | Dendrochirus |
| Species: | D. barberi |
| Binomial name | |
| Dendrochirus barberi (Steindachner, 1900) | |
The species name barberi honors Captain Barber, who commanded the ship in which Franz Steindachner rode as a passenger when collecting the holotype of the Hawaiian lionfish, not the Captain Barber who scuttled his trading brig at Pearl Harbor in the early 1800s.[2]
References
- Motomura, H. & Matsuura, K. 2016. Dendrochirus barberi . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T69793403A69800917. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T69793403A69800917.en. Downloaded on 15 December 2019.
- Hoover, John P. (2008). The Ultimate Guide to Hawaiian Reef Fishes, Sea Turtles, Dolphins, Whales, and Seals. Mutual Publishing. p. 281. ISBN 978-1-56647-887-8.
External links
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2008). "Dendrochirus barberi" in FishBase. December 2008 version.
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