Pterois miles Devil Firefish, Common lionfish

Pterois miles is commonly referred to as Devil Firefish, Common lionfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: To nie jest zwierzę dla początkujących. A aquarium size of at least 700 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Highly toxic.

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lexID:

2554 

AphiaID:

218077 

Scientific:

Pterois miles 

German:

Rotfeuerfisch 

English:

Devil Firefish, Common Lionfish 

Category:

Skrzydlice 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Scorpaeniformes (Order) > Scorpaenidae (Family) > Pterois (Genus) > miles (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Bennett, ), 1828 

Occurrence:

Kuwait, Vereinigte Arabische Emirate, (the) Maldives, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Arabian Sea, Bahrain, Comores, Egypt, Gulf of Oman / Oman, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Invasive Species, Iran, Israel, Italy, Java, Jordan, Kenya, Lessepsian migrant, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mozambique, Myanmar, Quatar, Red Sea, Réunion , Saudi Arabia, Somalia, South-Africa, Sri Lanka, Sumatra, Tansania, the Caribbean, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Mediterranean Sea, the Seychelles, Yemen 

Sea depth:

0 - 85 Meter 

Size:

up to 13.78" (35 cm) 

Temperature:

75.2 °F - 78.8 °F (24°C - 26°C) 

Food:

Crabs, Crustaceans, Fish (little fishes), Food specialist, Mysis, Rock shrimps, Schrimps 

Tank:

153.98 gal (~ 700L)  

Difficulty:

To nie jest zwierzę dla początkujących 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Highly toxic 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Pterois andover
  Andover-Rotfeuerfisch
• 
  Pterois antennata
  Antennen-Feuerfisch
• Pterois brevipectoralis
• 
  Pterois lunulata
  Japanischer Feuerfisch
• 
  Pterois miles
  Rotfeuerfisch
• 
  Pterois mombasae
  Afrikanischer Feuerfisch, Mombasa Feuerfisch
• 
  Pterois radiata
  Strahlen-Rotfeuerfisch
• 
  Pterois russelii
  Russels Feuerfisch
• 
  Pterois sphex
  Hawaii-Feuerfisch
• 
  Pterois volitans
  Rotfeuerfisch

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Pterois cincta
  Rotmeer-Skorpionsfisch
• 
  Pterois n sp.
  Feuerfisch
• 
  Pterois paucispinula
  Skorpionsfisch, Rotfeuerfisch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2008-08-10 11:50:29 

Last edit:

2024-07-31 20:39:48 

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