El Lion fish is considered one of the most dangerous fish of the world for its poison. Known as the Scorpion fish Its colorful design is a warning that it is a very dangerous specimen for those who try to have it as a delicacy.
His characteristic body is striped with colors from reddish to brownish tones as if it were a zebra. Its name is due to the fact that it sticks its poisonous thorns in the scorpion style and doing very similar damage.
It is a large, robust, compact and full of a multitude of thorns They contain venom with which you have to be very careful, even for humans since a bite from the well-known scorpion fish can affect enormously.
Su natural habitat is salt water and rocks to hide Because it is the way it camouflages itself, it does not usually attack humans but if we have to put our hand in the aquarium, do it carefully and if we have to catch the lionfish, it is better to do it with a hairnet to prevent sting. It is a nocturnal fish that likes to be calm during the day.
If we want to have a scorpion fish in the aquarium, we must bear in mind that it is a very territorial and dangerous fish. They have to be fish of the same size because the smaller ones eat them, although it is recommended to keep it completely alone.
Although their diet may be artificial for saltwater fish, it is a carnivorous fish that eats live fish and crustaceans, It is recommended to give salty little fish as well as prawns. We can also accustom them to eating them dead, at first it will cost to do it to them but if we have it without eating for two days, so that they go hungry, when we give them they will not despise them.
lionfish, is an invasive pest in the caribbean