Pterois miles

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Indian Ocean lionfish

Devil firefish, red lionfish

Distribution: from the Persian Gulf, the Red Sea and Eastern Africa to Sumatra. Invasive in the Southern Mediterranean, especially in Cyprus, Greece, Tunisia, and Turkey (some Red Sea individuals entered the Mediterranean via the Suez Canal).

Nearly identical in appearance to Pterois volitans, found in the Pacific Ocean, and which became invasive in most of the Caribbean. Sometimes confused with Pterois antennata.

Spots where Pterois miles has been spotted by snorkelers

Pterois miles snorkeling pictures

at Brayka Bay (Egypt)
© paradis974

at Sataya Resort (Egypt)
© anne

at Shams Alam Beach Resort (Egypt)
© bruno56

at Temple Reef (Egypt)
© philippe-seve

at North Beach / Sun Boat Wreck (Israel)

at New Open Beach (Israel)

at Utopia Beach Club (Egypt)
© jolka

at The Caves (Israel)

at Abu Dabbab (Egypt)
© bruno56

at Dekel Beach (Israel)

at EAPC Beach (Israel)

at Marsa Mubarak (Egypt)
© bruno56

at Pingwe Beach (Zanzibar)

at Kosi Bay Mouth Aquarium Reef (South Africa)
© safari-and-surf

at Ras Katy (Egypt)
© louis-thuia

at Makadi Bay North (Egypt)
© mandtj

at Tiwi Beach (Kenya)

at Dhiffushi (Maldives)
© marras

at Kosi Bay Mouth Aquarium Reef (South Africa)
© remora

at Utopia Beach Club (Egypt)
© bruno56

at Gorgonia Beach (Egypt)
© lesli

at Coraya Bay (Egypt)
© lesli

at Pinewood Beach (Kenya)
© nst56

at Blue Hole Dahab (Egypt)
© anne

at Ras Um Sid / El Fanar Beach (Egypt)
© anne

at Lagon de la Saline (Réunion Island)

at Mnemba Island (Zanzibar)

at Lagon de Saint-Pierre (Réunion Island)

at South Beach (Jordan)

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