Ten lionfish species compared through exact Wikimedia Commons photographs of fins and stripes. An editorial selection, not a scientific ranking. Attribution: 1. File:Pterois volitans Manado-e edit.jpg; Photo by Jens Petersen , Edited by User:Olegiwit (cloned in part of fins) and Fir0002 (removed spots and noise); CC BY 2.5; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pterois_volitans_Manado-e_edit.jpg; Uniform scaling without cropping; fitted into 9:16 with title and caption bars. 2. File:Going away (51510843964).jpg; Paolo Gamba from Paris, France; CC BY 2.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Going_away_(51510843964).jpg; Uniform scaling without cropping; fitted into 9:16 with title and caption bars. 3. File:MC Rotfeuerfisch.jpg; Christian Mehlführer, User:Chmehl; CC BY 2.5; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MC_Rotfeuerfisch.jpg; Uniform scaling without cropping; fitted into 9:16 with title and caption bars. 4. File:Clearfin lionfish (Pterois radiata).JPG; The High Fin Sperm Whale; CC BY-SA 3.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Clearfin_lionfish_(Pterois_radiata).JPG; Uniform scaling without cropping; fitted into 9:16 with title and caption bars. 5. File:Pez león de Mombasa (Pterois mombasae), islas Ad Dimaniyat, Omán, 2024-08-13, DD 42.jpg; Diego Delso; CC BY-SA 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pez_le%C3%B3n_de_Mombasa_(Pterois_mombasae),_islas_Ad_Dimaniyat,_Om%C3%A1n,_2024-08-13,_DD_42.jpg; Uniform scaling without cropping; fitted into 9:16 with title and caption bars. 6. File:Plaintail Lionfish, ARP Mamutik imported from iNaturalist photo 368832224.jpg; (c) Ditch Townsend, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA); CC BY-SA 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Plaintail_Lionfish,_ARP_Mamutik_imported_from_iNaturalist_photo_368832224.jpg; Uniform scaling without cropping; fitted into 9:16 with title and caption bars. 7. File:Pterois zebra.JPG; Jens Petersen; CC BY 2.5; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pterois_zebra.JPG; Uniform scaling without cropping; fitted into 9:16 with title and caption bars. 8. File:Dendrochirus brachypterus.jpg; Richard Ling; CC BY-SA 2.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dendrochirus_brachypterus.jpg; Uniform scaling without cropping; fitted into 9:16 with title and caption bars. 9. File:Pterois ocele dendotrichus biocellatus.jpg; Maupin Delphine; CC BY-SA 3.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pterois_ocele_dendotrichus_biocellatus.jpg; Uniform scaling without cropping; fitted into 9:16 with title and caption bars. 10. File:Hawaiian Lionfish, Manta Ray Bay, Kailua-Kona, HI, USA imported from iNaturalist photo 123109061.jpg; (c) jeyre, some rights reserved (CC BY); CC BY 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hawaiian_Lionfish,_Manta_Ray_Bay,_Kailua-Kona,_HI,_USA_imported_from_iNaturalist_photo_123109061.jpg; Uniform scaling without cropping; fitted into 9:16 with title and caption bars.