Dendrochirus zebra Butterfly Scorpionfish, Dwarf Lionfish , Poisson Armée, Zebra Lionfish, Zebra Turkeyfish

Dendrochirus zebra is commonly referred to as Butterfly Scorpionfish, Dwarf Lionfish , Poisson Armée, Zebra Lionfish, Zebra Turkeyfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: 5 - Svår. A aquarium size of at least 1500 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic.

Profile

lexID:

58 

AphiaID:

218053 

Scientific:

Dendrochirus zebra 

German:

Zebra-Zwergfeuerfisch 

English:

Butterfly Scorpionfish, Dwarf Lionfish , Poisson Armée, Zebra Lionfish, Zebra Turkeyfish 

Category:

Skorpionfiskar / Stenfiskar 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Scorpaeniformes (Order) > Scorpaenidae (Family) > Dendrochirus (Genus) > zebra (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Cuvier, ), 1829 

Occurrence:

Sudan, Hong Kong, Djibouti, Eritrea, (the) Maldives, Africa, Alor, American Samoa, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, Celebes Sea, China, Christmas Islands, Comores, Cook Islands, Corea, East Africa, Egypt, Fiji, India, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Lembeh Strait, Lord Howe Island, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Mayotte, Micronesia, Mozambique, Myanmar, New Caledonia, Norfolk Island, Ogasawara Islands, Palau, Papua, Papua New Guinea, Paracel-Islands, Philippines, Raja Amat, Red Sea, Réunion , Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South-Africa, Spratly Islands, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatra, Taiwan, Tansania, Thailand, The Bangai Archipelago, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Seychelles, Timor, Togean Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna, Yemen 

Sea depth:

2 - 75 Meter 

Size:

up to 9.84" (25 cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 80.6 °F (22°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Fish (little fishes), Predatory, Schrimps, Shrimps 

Tank:

329.97 gal (~ 1500L)  

Difficulty:

5 - Svår 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Dendrochirus barberi
  Hawaii Zwergfeuerfisch
• 
  Dendrochirus bellus
  Schmetterlings Skorpionsfisch
• 
  Dendrochirus biocellatus
  Pfauenaugen-Zwergfeuerfisch
• 
  Dendrochirus brachypterus
  Kurzflossen-Zwergfeuerfisch
• 
  Dendrochirus zebra
  Zebra-Zwergfeuerfisch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2004-08-20 17:50:21 

Last edit:

2020-04-18 07:00:03 

Toxicity

Dendrochirus zebra is (very) poisonous and the poison can kill you under circumstances!!!
If you want to keep Dendrochirus zebra, 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:
[overview_and_url_DE]
Overview Europe: European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxicologists

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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