Venomous stinging marine animals commonly referred to as Lionfish, Turkeyfish, and by many other names, enjoy and identify Scorpionfish through this gallery of Family Scorpaenidae species photos, most of which include name and often some profile information with the pictures.
A gallery of the top Lionfish pictures, photos submitted for display to About Saltwater Aquariums. These outstanding pictures of Lionfish are of the users' Lionfish in their own tanks.
Danie Olsen's photo of his Volitans Lionfish
(Pterois volitans) which resides in his 100g reef tank with a Wolf eel, a Niger Trigger, a Yellow Tang, a Sailfin Tang and a Toad fish.
Grahame Epps' terrific photo of his Volitans Lionfish
(Pterois volitans) in his 136g marine tank.
Kate O’Connell's close up photo of her Volitans Lionfish
(Pterois volitans).
Maria Bishop's outstanding close up photo of her Volitans Lionfish
(Pterois volitans).
Eddie Barracos' terrific close up photo of his Volitans Lionfish (Pterois volitans).
Stephen Flickenschild's outstanding photo of his Black Volitans Lionfish (Pterois volitans).
Jose Linsangan's very close up photo of his Volitans Lionfish
(Pterois volitans).
Kevin Gill's terrific photo of his Volitans Lionfish
(Pterois volitans).
Nelson Nunes's photo of his Zebra Lionfish
(Dendrochyrus zebra).
A photo of a
Pterios volitans taken by your Guides Debbie and Stan while visiting the Waikiki Aquarium, which the aquarium labels as a South Pacific Turkeyfish. Other Common Names: Lionfish, Zebrafish, Butterfly Cod, Red Firefish, Devilfish, and Scorpionfish.
Another photo taken by your Guides Debbie and Stan of two South Pacific Turkey or Lionfishes (
Pterios volitans) at the Waikiki Aquarium.
Robert Walters' photo of his Volitans Lionfish
(Pterois volitans) which resides in his 35g tank.
Wes Hayden's photo of his Volitans Lionfish
(Pterois volitans) which resides in his 46g bowfront tank.
Wally Hare's close up photo of his Volitan Lionfish (
Pterois volitans), submitted for entry in an About Saltwater Aquariums Photo Contest.
Kathy Maloney's terrific close up photo of her Volitan Lionfish (Pterois volitans).
Ryan Orton's close up photo of his Black Volitan Lionfish (Pterios volitan), submitted for an About Saltwater Aquariums Photo Contest.
Bill Dubnowski's outstanding close up photo of his Volitan's Lionfish, submitted for entry in an About Saltwater Aquariums Photo Contest.
Joe Martin's photo of his Fuzzy Dwarf Lionfish -
(Dendrochirus brachypterus) in his 29g Micro Reef Tank.
Carol Figueredo's outstanding close up photo of her Black Volitan Lionfish
(Pterios volitan).
Betty Robinson's outstanding close up photo of her Black Volitan Lionfish.
A photo by Phillip Slosberg of a Leaf Scorpionfish from his Cybereef site, displayed with permission at About Saltwater Aquariums.
With contrasting purple coralline algae, green star polyps and blue mushrooms, this is quite a stunning photo that Ryan Achenbach submitted for display at About Saltwater Aquariums of his Green Sailfin Leaf Scorpionfish (
Taenianotus triacanthus), which was also entered into the January 2003 Fish and Critter Photo Contest.
William Anderson's outstanding close up photo of his Black Lionfish
(Pterois volitans) in his 75g aquarium.
A photo of Jon Kerr's Dwarf Lionfishes (
Dendrochirus zebra) submitted for display at About Saltwater Aquariums.
Michael Keeth's Black Volitan Lionfish -
(Pterios volitan) photo entry in the About Saltwater Aquariums Photo Contest.
Junior Eugenio's Volitan Lionfish
(Pterois volitans) in everyone's face in his 54g FO tank.
From your About Guides Venomous Species Profiles, a photo with an identification, characteristics and care profile on the
Pterois sphex species Lion or Scorpionfish found in Hawaiian waters.
Frank Florez's Black Volitan Lionfish (
Pterois volitans) which was an entry in the About Saltwater Aquariums April 2002 Critter Photo Contest.
This unusual photo submitted by Debbie Stokes for display at About Saltwater Aquariums appears to show her Seahorse hitching a ride on her Volitans Lionfish's tail.
Here is a shot of James McClain's Volitans Lionfish, Ching, in his 30g reef tank that was an entry in the About Saltwater Aquariums March 2000 Photo Contest.
A close up head shot of Sammi Baker's Volitans Lionfish (
Pterois volitans) submitted to your Guides for display at About Saltwater Aquariums.
A photo of Terry Pierson's Volitans Lionfish (
Pterois volitans) which was entered in About Saltwater Aquariums January 2001 Fish and Critter Photo Contest #1.
A shot of Julie Bogart's Lionfish in her fish-only tank submitted for display at About Saltwater Aquariums.
From PBS's Secrets Of The Ocean Realm - Sea Dwellers page, a photo and characteristics profile about this species of Lionfish.
From the Exotic Tropicals Marine Encyclopedia, photos of the Volitans, Shortfin, Black, and Antennata Lionfishes, each of which includes a care profile about them.
From Keoki's Fish Corner, beautiful snapshots of Scorpionfishes of the Family
Scorpaenidae found in Hawaiian waters. A brief profile and other indentification information is provided with the images.
From the Arabian Wildlife Magazine's Past Issues Archive, an image of the poisonous Stonefish with a complete profile about it, including first-aid methods for treating a painful sting.
