Turkeyfish

lionfish (turkeyfish, zebrafish), scorpionfish, & stonefish (rockfish)
KINGDOM:
Animalia ...

Dendrochirus biocellatus, Twospot Turkeyfish
Dendrochirus brachypterus, Shortfin Turkeyfish
Dendrochirus barberi, Hawaiian Lionfish
Dendrochirus Zebra, Zebra Lionfish
Dendrogyra cylindricus, Pillar Coral
Dermatolepis dermatolepis, Leather Bass ...

The lionfish (also known as the turkeyfish, tigerfish, dragonfish, scorpionfish, and butterfly cod) is a poisonous spiky fish found in the warmer waters of the western and central Pacific Ocean.

SUBORDER SCORPAENOIDEI
Includes rockfishes, rockcods, thornyheads, scorpionfishes, turkeyfishes, lionfishes, waspfishes, stonefishes, coral crouchers, velvetfishes, prowfishes, red velvetfishes, horsefishes
LIONFISH - SCORPIONFISH - STONEFISH ...

Its flamboyant coloration of red stripes serves as a warning both to divers and to would-be predators. Also known as the turkeyfish, the lionfish hunts at night using its winglike pectoral fins to trap its prey of fish, shrimp, ...

See also: Turkey, Lionfish, Scorpionfish, Scorpion, Swallow