Hawaiian Red Eye Lionfish / Dendriochrius barberi

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Hawaiian Red Eye Lionfish / Dendriochrius barberi

SCIENTIFIC NAME - Dendrochirus barberi

COMMON NAME - Hawaiian Red Eye Lionfish (Hawaiian Green Lionfish, Turkeyfish)

SIZE - 6-6.5" ( ~16.5 cm)

MIN. AQUARIUM SIZE - 30 US Gal. ( 114 L)

FOODS AND FEEDING - Readily accepts prepared foods. Meaty foods such as silversides, scallops, lobster, shrimp, etc. Feed 3-4 times a week (more frequently as juveniles).

REEF COMPATIBILITY - Will eat shrimp and smaller fishes. Otherwise and excellent reef inhabitant.

CAPTIVE CARE - Similar care to that of the Fuzzy Dwarf. Warning Venomous


(Divers Den Photo is the exact fish I purchased)

 

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