Synanceia verrucosa Stonefish

Synanceia verrucosa is commonly referred to as Stonefish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Experts only! Very hard to keep. Toxicity: Highly toxic.

Profile

lexID:

50 

AphiaID:

215627 

Scientific:

Synanceia verrucosa 

German:

Steinfisch 

English:

Stonefish 

Category:

Scorpionfishes/Stonefishes 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Teleostei (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Synanceiidae (Family) > Synanceia (Genus) > verrucosa (Species) 

Initial determination:

Bloch & Schneider, 1801 

Occurrence:

Eritrea, Sudan, Djibouti, Vereinigte Arabische Emirate, Kuwait, Hong Kong, (the) Maldives, Africa, American Samoa, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Austral Islands, Bahrain, China, Christmas Islands, Cook Islands, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), East Africa, Egypt, Flores, French Polynesia, Gambier Islands, Guam, India, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Ionian Sea (Mediterranean), Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Lesser Sunda Islands, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, Maumere, Mauritius, Mayotte, Micronesia, Mozambique, New Caledonia, Niue, Northern Mariana Islands, Ogasawara Islands, Palau, Papua, Papua New Guinea, Queensland (Australia), Raja Amat, Red Sea, Réunion , Rodriguez, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, South-Africa, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatra, Tahiti, Taiwan, Tansania, Thailand, the Cargados Carajos Shoals, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Cocos Islands / Keeling Islands, the Mediterranean Sea, The Ryukyu Islands, the Seychelles, the Society Islands, Timor, Tonga, Tuamoto Islands, Turkey, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Yemen, Zanzibar 

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:

0 - 30 Meter 

Habitats:

Coral reefs, Gravel soils, Rubble rocks, Hemming reefs, Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Lagoons, Reef roofs, Reef canopies, Sandy sea floors, Seawater, Sea water, Tide pools / rock pools 

Size:

9.45" - 15.75" (24cm - 40cm) 

Weight:

2.4 kg 

Temperature:

24,9 °F - 29,3 °F (24,9°C - 29,3°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Crustaceans, Fish (little fishes), Predatory 

Difficulty:

Experts only! Very hard to keep 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Highly toxic 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Synanceia alula
  Steinfisch
• 
  Synanceia horrida
  Warzen-Steinfisch
• 
  Synanceia nana
  Arabischer Steinfisch
• Synanceia platyrhyncha
• 
  Synanceia verrucosa
  Steinfisch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2004-08-20 17:08:37 

Last edit:

2024-03-11 10:09:25 

Toxicity

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