Pterois antennata

Antenna Lionfish (Pterois antennata )

The antenna lionfish (Pterois antennata ) belongs to the subfamily of the lionfish ( Pteroinae ). Like all fish of this subfamily, it is characterized by a laterally flattened body and by staining with white cross bands. The tone of the color is reddish brown. The pectoral fins are greatly enlarged fan-shaped with him and show at the end blue dots.

He lives in water depths up to 50 meters in the tropical Indian Ocean from East Africa to the Great Barrier Reef in northeastern Australia. Its habitat is lagoons and reefs.

The antenna lionfish is a loner and is more likely to find on the ground, where he slowly swimming with fins parked drives its prey into a corner. It eats fish and crabs next.

The antenna lionfish is one of the poisonous fish. Its dorsal fin rays and two of the pelvic fin rays and two of the rays of the anal fin are provided with poison glands. These stitches can attach divers painful wounds. The case transmitted venom can cause human respiratory paralysis, circulatory failure and fever. The symptoms usually disappear after one or two days.