Inimicus filamentosus Two-stick stingfish

Inimicus filamentosusis commonly referred to as Two-stick stingfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Experts only! Very hard to keep. A aquarium size of at least 500 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Highly toxic.

Profile

lexID:

1209 

AphiaID:

212575 

Scientific:

Inimicus filamentosus 

German:

Filament-Teufelsfisch 

English:

Two-stick Stingfish 

Category:

Scorpionfishes/Stonefishes 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Scorpaeniformes (Order) > Synanceiidae (Family) > Inimicus (Genus) > filamentosus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Cuvier, ), 1829 

Occurrence:

(the) Maldives, East Africa, Egypt, Indian Ocean, Jordan, Madagascar, Mauritius, Philippines, Red Sea, Réunion , Saudi Arabia, Tansania, the Seychelles, Western Indian Ocean, Zanzibar 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

6 - 55 Meter 

Size:

up to 7.87" (20 cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 25,4 °F (22°C - 25,4°C) 

Food:

Fish (little fishes), Living Food, Mysis, Schrimps, Shrimps 

Tank:

109.99 gal (~ 500L)  

Difficulty:

Experts only! Very hard to keep 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Highly toxic 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Inimicus brachyrhynchus
• 
  Inimicus caledonicus
  Kaledonischer Teufelsfisch
• Inimicus cuvieri
• 
  Inimicus didactylus
  Steinfisch, Teufelsfisch
• 
  Inimicus filamentosus
  Filament-Teufelsfisch
• Inimicus gruzovi
• Inimicus japonicus
• Inimicus joubini
• 
  Inimicus sinensis
  Chinesischer Teufelsfisch
• Inimicus smirnovi

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2005-01-02 12:02:36 

Last edit:

2023-01-30 17:37:29 

Toxicity

Inimicus filamentosus is (very) poisonous and the poison can kill you under circumstances!!!
If you want to keep Inimicus filamentosus, inform yourself about the poison and its effects before buying. Keep a note with the telephone number of the poison emergency call and all necessary information about the animal next to your aquarium so that you can be helped quickly in an emergency.
The telephone numbers of the poison emergency call can be found here:
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Overview Worldwide: eapcct.org

This message appears for poisonous, very poisonous and also animals whose poison can kill you immediately. Every human reacts differently to poisons. Please therefore weigh the risk for yourself AND your environment very carefully, and never act lightly!

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