Pterois sphex Hawaiian turkeyfish

Pterois sphex is commonly referred to as Hawaiian turkeyfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Experts only! Very hard to keep. A aquarium size of at least 500 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic.

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lexID:

2370 

AphiaID:

276269 

Scientific:

Pterois sphex 

German:

Hawaii-Feuerfisch 

English:

Hawaiian Turkeyfish 

Category:

Scorpionfishes/Stonefishes 

Family tree:

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

Initial determination:

Jordan & Evermann, 1903 

Occurrence:

Hawaii 

Size:

up to 9.84" (25 cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 78.8 °F (22°C - 26°C) 

Food:

Fish (little fishes), Food specialist, Frozen Food (large sort), Mysis, Schrimps, Shrimps 

Tank:

109.99 gal (~ 500L)  

Difficulty:

Experts only! Very hard to keep 

Toxicity:

Toxic 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

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:

2007-09-20 09:26:08 

Last edit:

2007-09-20 09:26:08 

Toxicity

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