Pteropterus sphex Hawaiian turkeyfish

Pteropterus 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:

1877680 

Scientific:

Pteropterus sphex 

German:

Hawaii-Feuerfisch 

English:

Hawaiian Turkeyfish 

Category:

Scorpionfishes/Stonefishes 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Teleostei (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Scorpaenidae (Family) > Pteropterus (Genus) > sphex (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Jordan & Evermann, ), 1903 

Occurrence:

Hawaii 

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:

15,6 - 25 Meter 

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 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Pteropterus antennatus
  Antennen-Feuerfisch
• 
  Pteropterus cinctus
  Rotmeer-Skorpionsfisch
• 
  Pteropterus mombasae
  Afrikanischer Feuerfisch, Mombasa Feuerfisch
• 
  Pteropterus paucispinula
  Skorpionsfisch, Rotfeuerfisch
• 
  Pteropterus radiatus
  Strahlen-Rotfeuerfisch
• 
  Pteropterus sphex
  Hawaii-Feuerfisch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2007-09-20 09:26:08 

Last edit:

2026-07-15 18:19:25 

Toxicity

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