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Scorpaenodes albaiensis Longfingered scorpionfish

Scorpaenodes albaiensisis commonly referred to as Longfingered scorpionfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Only for advanced aquarists. Toxicity: Toxic.

Profilbild Urheber Dr. Gerry R. Allen, Australien

Foto: Brunei Darussalam, Asien


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lexID:
15117 
AphiaID:
218098 
Scientific:
Scorpaenodes albaiensis 
German:
Skorpionfisch, Drachenkopf 
English:
Longfingered Scorpionfish 
Category:
Scorpionfishes/Stonefishes 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopteri (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Scorpaenidae (Family) > Scorpaenodes (Genus) > albaiensis (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Evermann & Seale, ), 1907 
Occurrence:
Djibouti, (the) Maldives, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Ashmore and Cartier Islands, Australia, Bali, Borneo (Kalimantan), Brunei Darussalam, Celebes Sea, Chesterfield Islands, Christmas Islands, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), East Africa, Egypt, Fiji, Flores, Great Barrier Reef, Greater Sunda Islands, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Java, Madagascar, Malaysia, Maumere, Mozambique, New Caledonia, Okinawa, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland (Australia), Rapa, Red Sea, Solomon Islands, South China Sea, South-Africa, Sulawesi, Sumatra, Taiwan, Tansania, Thailand, The Bangai Archipelago, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Cocos Islands / Keeling Islands, The Ryukyu Islands, the Seychelles, Timor, Togean Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Western Australia, Western Indian Ocean, Western Pacific 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:
0 - 20 Meter 
Size:
up to 4.72" (12 cm) 
Temperature:
77 °F - 84.74 °F (25°C - 29.3°C) 
Food:
Crustaceans, Fish (little fishes), Invertebrates, Predatory, Zoobenthos 
Difficulty:
Only for advanced aquarists 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Least concern (LC)  
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2022-09-01 16:27:32 

Toxicity


Scorpaenodes albaiensis is (very) poisonous and the poison can kill you under circumstances!!!
If you want to keep Scorpaenodes albaiensis, 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:
[overview_and_url_DE]
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!

Info

Scorpaenodes albaiensis belongs to the smaller scorpionfishes with just 12cm, nevertheless it is a skillful and voracious predator that preys on small fishes and small crustaceans.
Since the small scorpionfish is poisonous, it should not be touched by divers, snorkelers or swimmers.

In case the predator should ever be offered in a specialized trade, then it would only be suitable for experienced keepers (poison), direct feeding should be done with feeding tongs, but the scorpionfish is not suitable for a community aquarium.

On predators live endangered, in this case Scorpaenodes albaiensis is attacked by the endoparasite Sphaeromyxa scorpaena, the parasite nests in the liver of the fish.

Photos of the parasite can be viewed here:
www.researchgate.net

Synonyms:
Hypomacrus africanus Smith, 1958
Hypomacrus albaiensis Evermann & Seale, 1907
Scorpaenodes albainensis (Evermann & Seale, 1907)

External links

  1. A new deep-reef scorpionfish (Teleostei, Scorpaenidae, Scorpaenodes) from the southern Caribbean with comments on depth distributions and relationships of western Atlantic members of the genus (en). Abgerufen am 27.08.2022.
  2. An exploratory ecosystem model of the Bay of Bengal Large Marine Ecosystem (en). Abgerufen am 27.08.2022.
  3. FAO (en). Abgerufen am 27.08.2022.
  4. First Records of a Scorpionfish, Scorpaenodes albaiensis, from East Asia, with a Synopsis of S. minor (Actinopterygii: Scorpaeniformes: Scorpaenidae) (en). Abgerufen am 27.08.2022.
  5. Monarch (en). Abgerufen am 27.08.2022.
  6. Reef corals of the Togian and Banggai Islands, Sulawesi, Indonesia (en). Abgerufen am 27.08.2022.
  7. Shore fishes of French Polynesia (en). Abgerufen am 27.08.2022.
  8. The first report of two Sphaeromyxa species (Myxozoa: Bivalvulida) from the South China Sea: Sphaeromyxa scorpaena n. sp. from long-fingered scorpionfish (Scorpaenodes albaiensis) and Sphaeromyxa theraponi from tiger perch (Terapon jarbua) (en). Abgerufen am 27.08.2022.
  9. The fishes of southwestern Thailand, the Andaman Sea – a review of research and a provisional checklist of species (en). Abgerufen am 27.08.2022.
  10. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 27.08.2022.

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