Neochirus is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfishes.
Taxonomy The genus Neochirus includes species from the genus Dendrochirus. In 2023, Dendrochirus was found to not be a monophyletic group, so Neochirus was erected to rectify that.
Species Species in Neochirus include: +SpeciesCommon nameNeochirus barberi (Steindachner, 1900)Hawaiian lionfishNeochirus bella (D. S. Jordan & C. L. Hubbs, 1925)Bricked firefishNeochirus brachyptera (G. Cuvier, 1829)Shortfin turkeyfishNeochirus hemprichi Matsunuma, Motomura & Bogorodsky, 2017Red Sea dwarf lionfishNeochirus tuamotuensis Matsunuma & Motomura, 2013Tuamotu's dwarf lionfish
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