{"scientificNameAuthorship":"Matsunuma & Motomura, 2014","RecordModifiedOn":"2015-05-22","CAAB_code":"37287027","phylum":"Chordata","Notes":"Matsunuma & Motomura (2014, Ich. Res.) described <i>P. paucispinula</i> from the Western Pacific (Japan southwards to northern Australia and eastwards to Wallis and Futuna Islands) and noted that <i>Pterois mombasae</i> occurred from the east coast of Africa to the central Indian Ocean and Andaman Sea. In Australia, <i>P. paucispinula</i> is confirmed from the Timor Sea (c. 10 08' S, 129 20' E), but it is possibly more widespread.","habitat":"Coastal (0-40m)<br>Shelf Demersal (40-200m)<br>","NameVerifiedSource":"","Parent_Id":37287936,"scientificName":"Pterois paucispinula","kingdom":"Animalia","order":"Scorpaeniformes","otherVernacularNames":"firefish|deepwater firefish","Reference":"","vernacularName":"African Lionfish","ChildCodes":"","RecordCreatedOn":"1997-01-01","scientificNameID_WoRMS":"urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1043630","family":"Pteroidae","standardName":"African Lionfish (AS5300)","class":"Actinopterygii","scientificNameID_AFD":"urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:b2dd8fc4-5389-4212-8526-9f1877c299be","CAAB_status":"Valid"}