Pterois russelii Cleartail Lionfish, Plaintail Turkeyfish , Spotless Butterfly-cod

Pterois russelii is commonly referred to as Cleartail Lionfish, Plaintail Turkeyfish , Spotless Butterfly-cod. Difficulty in the aquarium: Only for advanced aquarists. A aquarium size of at least 2000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic.

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lexID:

5256 

AphiaID:

218082 

Scientific:

Pterois russelii 

German:

Russels Feuerfisch 

English:

Cleartail Lionfish, Plaintail Turkeyfish , Spotless Butterfly-cod 

Category:

Scorpionfishes/Stonefishes 

Family tree:

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

Initial determination:

Bennett, 1831 

Occurrence:

Hong Kong, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Arabian Sea, Australia, Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam, China, East Africa, Gulf of Oman / Oman, India, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Kenya, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mauritius, Micronesia, Mozambique, Myanmar, New Guinea, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Red Sea, Singapore, Somalia, South-Africa, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Taiwan, Tansania, Thailand, the Seychelles, Vietnam, Yemen 

Sea depth:

15 - 60 Meter 

Size:

up to 11.81" (30 cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 80.6 °F (22°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Crustaceans, Fish (little fishes), Fish larvae, Invertebrates, Mysis, Predatory, Rock shrimps, Schrimps, Sepia 

Tank:

439.96 gal (~ 2000L)  

Difficulty:

Only for advanced aquarists 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

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:

2013-04-13 20:50:42 

Last edit:

2020-05-17 11:31:51 

Toxicity

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