Parapterois heterura Gurnard lionfish

Parapterois heterurais commonly referred to as Gurnard lionfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Only for advanced aquarists. A aquarium size of at least 1000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic.

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lexID:

1886 

AphiaID:

277609 

Scientific:

Parapterois heterura 

German:

Skorpionsfisch 

English:

Gurnard Lionfish 

Category:

Scorpionfishes/Stonefishes 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Scorpaeniformes (Order) > Scorpaenidae (Family) > Parapterois (Genus) > heterura (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Bleeker, ), 1856 

Occurrence:

China, Corea, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Lembeh Strait, Mozambique, Pakistan, Philippines, South-Africa, Sulawesi, Taiwan, Western Pacific Ocean 

Size:

up to 9.06" (23 cm) 

Temperature:

75.2 °F - 78.8 °F (24°C - 26°C) 

Food:

Food specialist, Living Food, Smelts 

Tank:

219.98 gal (~ 1000L)  

Difficulty:

Only for advanced aquarists 

Toxicity:

Toxic 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Parapterois heterura
  Skorpionsfisch
• Parapterois macrura

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2006-03-21 23:26:12 

Last edit:

2006-03-21 23:45:40 

Toxicity

Parapterois heterura is (very) poisonous and the poison can kill you under circumstances!!!
If you want to keep Parapterois heterura, 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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