Sebastapistes mauritiana Spineblotch scorpionfish

Sebastapistes mauritiana is commonly referred to as Spineblotch scorpionfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Only for advanced aquarists. Toxicity: Toxic.

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lexID:

12669 

AphiaID:

218114 

Scientific:

Sebastapistes mauritiana 

German:

Drachenkopf 

English:

Spineblotch Scorpionfish 

Category:

Scorpionfishes/Stonefishes 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Scorpaeniformes (Order) > Scorpaenidae (Family) > Sebastapistes (Genus) > mauritiana (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Cuvier, ), 1829 

Occurrence:

East Africa, Great Barrier Reef, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritania, Mozambique, Réunion , Samoa, South-Africa, The Ryukyu Islands, the Seychelles 

Sea depth:

0,15 - 10 Meter 

Size:

1.97" - 3.54" (5,4cm - 9,5cm) 

Temperature:

73.4 °F - 84.2 °F (23°C - 29°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Predatory 

Difficulty:

Only for advanced aquarists 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Sebastapistes ballieui
• Sebastapistes coniorta
• 
  Sebastapistes cyanostigma
  Gelbflecken-Drachenkopf
• Sebastapistes fowleri
• Sebastapistes galactacma
• 
  Sebastapistes mauritiana
  Drachenkopf
• Sebastapistes nuchalis
• 
  Sebastapistes strongia
  Skorpionsfisch
• Sebastapistes taeniophrys
• Sebastapistes tinkhami

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2019-12-31 13:39:11 

Last edit:

2019-12-31 13:39:11 

Toxicity

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