Helicolenus percoides Red gurnard perch

Helicolenus percoides is commonly referred to as Red gurnard perch. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Has a poison harmful to health.

Profile

lexID:

7042 

AphiaID:

274770 

Scientific:

Helicolenus percoides 

German:

Roter Seebarsch 

English:

Red Gurnard Perch 

Category:

Skorpionfiskar / Stenfiskar 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Scorpaeniformes (Order) > Sebastidae (Family) > Helicolenus (Genus) > percoides (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Richardson & Solander, ), 1842 

Occurrence:

Australia, New Zealand 

Size:

up to 18.5" (47 cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 80.6 °F (°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Aiptasia, Copepods, Coralfish of all kind, Crabs, Fish (little fishes), Invertebrates, Isopods, Krill, Lobster, Mysis, Ostracodes (seed shrimps), Predatory, Rock shrimps, Sepia, Snails, Starfishs, Worms 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Has a poison harmful to health 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Helicolenus avius
• Helicolenus barathri
• 
  Helicolenus dactylopterus
  Blaumäulchen
• Helicolenus fedorovi
• Helicolenus hilgendorfii
• Helicolenus lahillei
• Helicolenus lengerichi
• Helicolenus mouchezi
• 
  Helicolenus percoides
  Roter Seebarsch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-04-20 14:27:45 

Last edit:

2014-04-20 14:27:45 

Toxicity

This is a general hint!
Helicolenus percoides has a harmful toxin.
As a rule, animals with a harmful poison do not pose mortal danger in normal Aquarieaner everyday life. Read the following husbandry information and comments from aquarists who already keep Helicolenus percoides in their aquarium to get a better picture about the possible danger. However, please be careful when using Helicolenus percoides. Every human reacts differently to poisons.
If you suspect that you have come into contact with the poison, please contact your doctor or the poison emergency call.
The phone number of the poison emergency call can be found here:
[overview_and_url_DE]
Overview Europe: European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxicologists

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