Pterois miles Devil Firefish, Common lionfish

Pterois miles is commonly referred to as Devil Firefish, Common lionfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: 4 - Medelsvår. A aquarium size of at least 700 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Highly toxic.

Profile

lexID:

2554 

AphiaID:

218077 

Scientific:

Pterois miles 

German:

Rotfeuerfisch 

English:

Devil Firefish, Common Lionfish 

Category:

Skorpionfiskar / Stenfiskar 

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:

4 - Medelsvår 

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 

Toxicity

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