Parascorpaena aurita Byno Scorpionfish, Golden Scorpionfish

Parascorpaena auritais commonly referred to as Byno Scorpionfish, Golden Scorpionfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Only for advanced aquarists. A aquarium size of at least 50 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

5255 

AphiaID:

218065 

Scientific:

Parascorpaena aurita 

German:

Drachenkopf 

English:

Byno Scorpionfish, Golden Scorpionfish 

Category:

Scorpionfishes/Stonefishes 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Scorpaeniformes (Order) > Scorpaenidae (Family) > Parascorpaena (Genus) > aurita (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Rüppell, ), 1838 

Occurrence:

Eritrea, Sudan, Australia, Bali, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Corea, Flores, Great Barrier Reef, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Lombok, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland (Australia), Red Sea, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Spratly Islands, Sumatra, Taiwan, Tansania, Thailand, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), The Ryukyu Islands, the Seychelles, Timor, Vietnam, Yemen 

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:

3 - 15 Meter 

Size:

up to 1.77" (4.5 cm) 

Temperature:

76.82 °F - 84.74 °F (24.9°C - 29.3°C) 

Food:

Fish (little fishes), Fish larvae, Invertebrates, Living Food, Mysis, Zoobenthos, Zooplankton 

Tank:

11 gal (~ 50L)  

Difficulty:

Only for advanced aquarists 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Parascorpaena aurita
  Drachenkopf
• Parascorpaena bandanensis
• Parascorpaena maculipinnis
• 
  Parascorpaena mcadamsi
  Skorpionsfisch
• 
  Parascorpaena mossambica
  Mozambique-Drachenkopf
• 
  Parascorpaena picta
  Nördlicher Skorpionsfisch

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Parascorpaena poseidon
  Poseidons Skorpionfisch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-04-13 20:03:51 

Last edit:

2022-12-28 08:26:37 

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