蓑鲉属
鲉科的一属鱼类
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。
蓑鲉属 | |
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触角蓑鲉(P. antennata) | |
科学分类 | |
界: | 动物界 Animalia |
门: | 脊索动物门 Chordata |
纲: | 辐鳍鱼纲 Actinopteri |
目: | 鲈形目 Perciformes |
科: | 鲉科 Scorpaenidae |
属: | 蓑鲉属 Pterois Oken, 1817 |
模式种 | |
Pterois volitans |
种
本属目前辨认出10个种[1]:
形态
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]。
文献
- ^ 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.