SRC Member tagie_tag Posted June 13, 2010 SRC Member Share Posted June 13, 2010 can ID tis fish? NAME. is it reef safe? bought from LCK today? look nice and colorful. lady say from USA? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CFOh Posted June 13, 2010 Share Posted June 13, 2010 can ID tis fish? NAME. is it reef safe? bought from LCK today? look nice and colorful. lady say from USA? Scorpion fish species normally pretty aggresive... never keep before.... but heard Not 100% reef safe... Cheers and Happy Reefing... Quote LFS Map in singapore __________________ ><((((º>`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸><((((º> ·´¯`·.¸. , . .·´¯`·.. >((((º> Cheers and Happy Reefing.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CFOh Posted June 13, 2010 Share Posted June 13, 2010 Scorpion fish species normally pretty aggresive... never keep before.... but heard Not 100% reef safe... Cheers and Happy Reefing... Should be Lionfish & Scorpionfish species... shortfin lionfish(Dendrochirus brachypterus) http://www.diverosa.com/categories/Lionfish&Scorpionfish.htm Quote LFS Map in singapore __________________ ><((((º>`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸><((((º> ·´¯`·.¸. , . .·´¯`·.. >((((º> Cheers and Happy Reefing.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CFOh Posted June 13, 2010 Share Posted June 13, 2010 Scorpion fish species normally pretty aggresive... never keep before.... but heard Not 100% reef safe... Cheers and Happy Reefing... Sorry... didn't notice your topic desciption already mention lion fish.. but Ya... this is shortfin lionfish species(Dendrochirus brachypterus)..Cheers and Happy Reefing.... Quote LFS Map in singapore __________________ ><((((º>`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸><((((º> ·´¯`·.¸. , . .·´¯`·.. >((((º> Cheers and Happy Reefing.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member tagie_tag Posted June 13, 2010 Author SRC Member Share Posted June 13, 2010 bro, any more info.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Reefer yikai Posted June 13, 2010 Senior Reefer Share Posted June 13, 2010 not reef safe as will eat small shrimps and fish that can fit into it's mouth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CFOh Posted June 13, 2010 Share Posted June 13, 2010 bro, any more info.. Hai, Tagie, Pls find below some info from book title "Dr. Burgess's Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes by Dr. Warren E. Burgess, Dr.Herbert R.Axelrod, Raymond E. Hunziker III" Cheers and Happy Reefing.... Quote LFS Map in singapore __________________ ><((((º>`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸><((((º> ·´¯`·.¸. , . .·´¯`·.. >((((º> Cheers and Happy Reefing.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CFOh Posted June 13, 2010 Share Posted June 13, 2010 Below shows other variances of Shortfin lionfish.. from book "Reef Fish Identification - Tropical Pacific" by Gerald Allen, Roger Steene, Paul Humann, Ned DeLoach pg 369" Quote LFS Map in singapore __________________ ><((((º>`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸><((((º> ·´¯`·.¸. , . .·´¯`·.. >((((º> Cheers and Happy Reefing.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raynicteo Posted July 2, 2010 Share Posted July 2, 2010 Below shows other variances of Shortfin lionfish.. from book "Reef Fish Identification - Tropical Pacific" by Gerald Allen, Roger Steene, Paul Humann, Ned DeLoach pg 369" The fish look like very fierce any poison? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Reefer yikai Posted July 2, 2010 Senior Reefer Share Posted July 2, 2010 The fish look like very fierce any poison? yes it's venomous. the tip of it's fins are sharp and contain poison glands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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