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Dendrochirus biocellatus (Fowler, 1938)

Twospot turkeyfish
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Indonesia country information

Common names: Scorpion gojah, Twinspot lionfish, Two-eyed lionfish
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Flores (Ref. 8631, 47567). Also recorded from Bali and Manado and vicinity; with an Indonesian distribution from Flores to Bali (Ref. 47567). Also Ref. 48635, 90102.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/id.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Kuiter, R.H., 1992
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Ptérois ocellé, Twinspot lionfish, Ocellated lionfish, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Scorpaenoidei (Scorpionfishes) > Scorpaenidae (Scorpionfishes or rockfishes) > Pteroinae
Etymology: Dendrochirus: Greek, dendron = tree + Greek, cheir = hands; with tree like marks (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Fowler.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 1 - 40 m (Ref. 9710).   Tropical; 32°N - 18°S

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