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Synanceia nana Red Sea stonefish, Dwarf scorpionfish

Synanceia nana is commonly referred to as Red Sea stonefish, Dwarf scorpionfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Only for advanced aquarists. A aquarium size of at least 1000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Highly toxic.


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lexID:
5574 
AphiaID:
215626 
Scientific:
Synanceia nana 
German:
Arabischer Steinfisch 
English:
Red Sea Stonefish, Dwarf Scorpionfish 
Category:
Scorpionfishes/Stonefishes 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Scorpaeniformes (Order) > Synanceiidae (Family) > Synanceia (Genus) > nana (Species) 
Initial determination:
Eschmeyer & Rama-Rao, 1973 
Occurrence:
Kuwait, Vereinigte Arabische Emirate, Arabian Sea, Bahrain, Gulf of Aqaba / Gulf of Eliat, Gulf of Oman / Oman, Mozambique, Pakistan, Quatar, Red Sea, Saudi Arabia 
Sea depth:
4 - 18 Meter 
Size:
up to 5.31" (13.5 cm) 
Temperature:
71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Crustaceans, Fish (little fishes), Rock shrimps, Schrimps, Sepia 
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:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2021-12-24 20:52:17 

Toxicity


Synanceia nana is (very) poisonous and the poison can kill you under circumstances!!!
If you want to keep Synanceia nana, 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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Eschmeyer & Rama-Rao, 1973

Venomous!

Synanceia nana has one of the strongest poison in the animal kingdom, that may even kill people!!!

It isa sit-and-wait predator, that feed on small fish, crustaceans and squids.

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