Pterois radiata Clearfin Lionfish, Clearfin Turkeyfish, Radial Firefish, Tailbar Lionfish, Whitefin Lionfish, White-lined Lionfish

Pterois radiatais commonly referred to as Clearfin Lionfish, Clearfin Turkeyfish, Radial Firefish, Tailbar Lionfish, Whitefin Lionfish, White-lined Lionfish . Difficulty in the aquarium: Only for advanced aquarists. A aquarium size of at least 1000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic.

Profile

lexID:

55 

AphiaID:

218084 

Scientific:

Pterois radiata 

German:

Strahlen-Rotfeuerfisch 

English:

Clearfin Lionfish, Clearfin Turkeyfish, Radial Firefish, Tailbar Lionfish, Whitefin Lionfish, White-lined Lionfish  

Category:

Scorpionfishes/Stonefishes 

Family tree:

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

Initial determination:

Cuvier, 1829 

Occurrence:

Djibouti, (the) Maldives, Admiralty Islands, American Samoa, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Arabian Sea, Australia, Bali, Banda Sea, Bora Bora, Christmas Islands, Cook Islands, East Africa, Egypt, Flores, French Polynesia, Guam, Gulf of Oman / Oman, Hawaii, India, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaysia, Marquesas Islands, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Mayotte, Micronesia, Moorea, Mozambique, New Caledonia, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Red Sea, Samoa, Savu Sea, Somalia, South-Africa, Sri Lanka, Sumatra, Tahiti, Taiwan, Tansania, Thailand, The Ryukyu Islands, the Seychelles, the Society Islands, Timor, Tonga, Tuamoto Islands, Vietnam, Western Australia, Western Indian Ocean, Yemen 

Sea depth:

1 - 30 Meter 

Size:

up to 7.87" (20 cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Fish (little fishes), Living Food, Mysis, Predatory, Schrimps, Shrimps 

Tank:

219.98 gal (~ 1000L)  

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:

• 
  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:

2004-08-20 17:34:13 

Last edit:

2020-08-23 18:17:05 

Toxicity

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