Ptéroïs à ailes courtes, Ptéroïs nain, Rascasse volante dindon, Dwarf lionfish, Featherfish, Pigmy lionfish, Short-spined butterfly-cod, Short-spined scorpionfish, Shortfin firefish, Shortfin lionfish, Shortfin turkeyfish, Shortspined butterfly-cod, Kortvin-kalkoenvis, Dværgdragefisk, Zwerg-Feuerfisch, Pesce leone a pinne corte, Pez león de aletas cortas, Shimahime-yamanokami, シマヒメヤマノカミ, ചവരാലി, 短鳍蓑鲉,

Synonymes
Dendrochirus brachypterus (Cuvier, 1829)
Pterois brachyptera (Cuvier, 1829)

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Description
Dorsal spines (total): 13; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9-10; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 5-6; Pectoral fin rays: 16-19 (usually: 17); Scale rows in longitudinal series: 39-50 (usually: 44); Scale rows above lateral line: 5-7 (usually: 6); Scale rows below lateral line: 8-13 (usually: 11); Scale rows between last dorsal fin spine base and lateral line: 5-7 (Usually: 6); Scale rows between sixth dorsal fin spine base and lateral line: 5-7 (usually: 6); Total gill rakers: 13-19 (usually: 15); Uppermost preopercular spine surface without row of supplemental spines; Frontal border of occipital area moderately elevated, border between interorbital canal and occipital area disjunct; A skin flap present on uppermost preopercular spine base, and another usually present on upper portion of orbit; Two barbels on snout tip; Posterior contour of pectoral fin rounded, without notch or only weakly notched; Interorbital width at midorbit: 4.5-8.9 (mean 6.8) % of SL and at preocular spine base: 3.5-7.8 (5.7) % of SL; Last (13th) dorsal fin spine length: 13.3-21.3 (usually: 17.2) % of SL; Pelvic fin spine length: 15.1-25.0 (20.2) % of SL. Max. length: 15.0 cm TL. Depth range: 0 - 80 m.

Color
Head and body reddish, although greatly variable. Three poorly defined dark bands below eye; Anteriormost band on sides of snout from anteroventral margin of orbit to upper jaw; Middle band crossing eye vertically and reaching ventral margin of preopercle; Posteriormost band crossing eye obliquely, from supraocular tentacle base to interopercle. Broad dark band saddling nape over parietal-nuchal ridges. Six poorly defined dark bands on sides of body; Anterior 5 bands below dorsal fin base, extending onto dorsal fin membrane dorsally, and reaching abdomen or extending onto anal fin membrane ventrally; Posteriormost band on caudal peduncle. Both jaws and gill membrane strongly mottled in large specimens. Eye reddish or yellowish with reddish radial markings. Spinous portion of dorsal fin reddish; Spines with 3-6 irregular dark bands. Membranes of soft-rayed portion of dorsal fin pale red or semi-translucent, rays reddish, with numerous (ca. 30-80) black spots on rays, sometimes forming broken lines. Anal fin membranes semi-translucent, reddish basally, soft-rayed portion with numerous (ca. 20-40) small black spots on rays, spots conjoint and forming narrow dark lines basally. Dark spots on soft-rayed portions of dorsal and anal fins tending to increase in number with growth. Pectoral fin reddish, with 3-13 transverse dark bands, number of bands tending to increase with growth; Each band usually with inner row of poorly defined black spots but sometimes obscured or absent. Pelvic fin reddish with 3-7 dark bands. Caudal fin membrane semi-transparent, rays reddish, with numerous (ca. 30-60) small black spots on rays; Number of spots tending to increase with growth.

Etymology
Neochirus: from Greek, neo = new + from Greek, kheir or cheı́r = finger, hand. Referring to its large tree-like pectoral fins (hands) and  a reference to the split from Dendrochirus.
brachyptera: from Latin, brachium = harm, fin + from Greek, pteron = wing. Referring to shorter pectoral fins compared with Dendrochirus zebra (described in same publication).
Original description: Pterois brachyptera Cuvier, 1829 - Type locality: Unknow (king's cabinet).

Distribution
Indo-West Pacific: Sri Lanka, east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.) and Tonga, north to southern Japan, south to Lord Howe Island, New Caledonia, northern New Zealand and Kermadec Islands.