fire-fish

fire-fish
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: a small scarlet and orange banded coral fish (Pterois volitans) of the Indo-Pacific region having the pectoral fin rays greatly prolonged into slender projections and the sharp dorsal spines equipped with venom and capable of causing painful injury

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