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,主要出现在印度洋-太平洋海域

蓑鲉属
触角蓑鲉P. antennata
科学分类 编辑
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

 
魔鬼蓑鲉P.volitans

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

  1. ^ Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) (2014). Species of Pterois. FishBase. Version 2014-06.
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Randall JE, Allen GR, Steene RC (1997) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 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.