Apistus carinatus Ocellated Waspfish

Apistus carinatus is commonly referred to as Ocellated Waspfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Only for advanced aquarists. A aquarium size of at least 1000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Highly toxic.

Profile

lexID:

3040 

AphiaID:

221440 

Scientific:

Apistus carinatus 

German:

Bärtiger Wespenfisch 

English:

Ocellated Waspfish 

Category:

Scorpionfishes/Stonefishes 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Scorpaeniformes (Order) > Apistidae (Family) > Apistus (Genus) > carinatus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Bloch & Schneider, ), 1801 

Occurrence:

Sudan, Vereinigte Arabische Emirate, Hong Kong, Kuwait, Arabian Sea, Australia, Bahrain, Bali, Brunei Darussalam, China, Corea, Djibouti, Egypt, Gulf of Oman / Oman, India, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Irak, Iran, Israel, Japan, Java, Jordan, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mozambique, New South Wales (Australia), Northern Territory (Australia), Ogasawara Islands, Papua, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Quatar, Queensland (Australia), Red Sea, Somalia, South-Africa, Sri Lanka, Sumatra, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, Western Australia 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

14 - 60 Meter 

Habitats:

Continental shelf, Demersal (bottom-dwelling fish), Sandy sea floors, Seawater, Sea water, Soft grounds 

Size:

3.94" - 7.87" (10cm - 20cm) 

Temperature:

23,3 °F - 84.2 °F (23,3°C - 29°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Fish (little fishes), Fish larvae, Predatory, Rock shrimps, Schrimps, Shrimps 

Tank:

219.98 gal (~ 1000L)  

Difficulty:

Only for advanced aquarists 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Highly toxic 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

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  Apistus carinatus
  Bärtiger Wespenfisch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2010-02-21 23:39:46 

Last edit:

2026-07-01 11:04:24 

Toxicity

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