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Twospot Turkeyfish

Nemapterois biocellatus

Classification

Nemapterois biocellatus, the Fu Manchu lionfish, twospot turkeyfish, twinspot lionfish, twoeyed lionfish or ocellated lionfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfishes and lionfishes. This species is widespread throughout the tropical waters of the Indo-West Pacific region, In the wild, the species eats small fish as well as shrimp. Taxonomy First formally described as Nemapterois biocellatus in 1938 by the American zoologist Henry Weed Fowler with the type locality given as off Jolo Light on Jolo Island in the Sulu Sea in the…

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
France · 18United States of America · 5