Talk:Parapterois

A fact from Parapterois appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 14 April 2007. The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the lionfish genus Parapterois includes P. heterura, an attractive species uncommon in the aquarium trade, and the poorly known P. macrura?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2007/April.

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Peer review[edit]

Nice work on this article! Here's my minor comments:

Lead section[edit]

may be known as the -- It is, or isnt, or is occassionally known as.... "may" sounds odd to me.
is poorly known. -- sounds odd to me. Is poorly studied?

Taxonomy[edit]

Good. but it later joined Parapterois was moved to maybe?

Appearance[edit]

Wikify different fin types
cm for centimetres

Distribution[edit]

On the other hand change to "In contrast,"

In the aquarium[edit]

P. heterura can be found on certain online marine aquarium fish stores, but is not common. No reference? Wonder if needed.
Other aquarium care issues? Compatability? etc. Recommend minor expansion of this section

Other comments[edit]

No information on diet, reproduction, sexual dimorphism, predators? though my very limited searches suggest there's not a lot known about the species.

Hope this helps a bit! Cheers, David. MidgleyDJ 06:55, 10 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It does. After looking at some other articles I realized this article has a long way to go. By WP:MOSNUM, I think the units shouldn't be abbreviated unless inside parentheses. I didn't reference the online marine aquarium fish stores thing. I can definitely find these stores, but referencing a store doesn't seem quite right. I suppose this may count as original research if I can't find a reference, though. MiltonT 17:13, 10 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Just one point I forgot to mention - is there any information on the venom? MidgleyDJ 01:15, 11 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately, I haven't found anything yet that actually talks about the venom of this genera, just that these fish are venomous MiltonT 03:35, 11 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]