Pterois miles, the devil firefish or common lionfish, is a species of ray-finned fish native to the western Indo-Pacific region.

These fish vary in colour from reddish to tan or grey and have numerous thin, dark, vertical bars on their heads and bodies.

Recorded first in 1991 in the Mediterranean Sea off Israel, following entry via the Suez Canal, it is now common in the eastern Basin, with recent observations in the Sicily channel.

[8][9] It is also now present off the east coast of the United States and in the Caribbean Sea where is regarded as an invasive species.

[10] Moray eels have recently been identified as natural predators of P. miles in its native habitat in the Red Sea.