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Pterois miles (Bennett, 1828)

Devil firefish
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Classification / Names आम नाम | उपशब्द | Catalog of Fishes(वर्ग, प्रजाति) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Perciformes/Scorpaenoidei (Scorpionfishes) > Scorpaenidae (Scorpionfishes or rockfishes) > Pteroinae
Etymology: Pterois: Greek, pteron = wing, fin (Ref. 45335).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / गहराई सीमा / distribution range पारिस्थितिकी

समुद्री प्रवाल-भित्ति संयुक्त; गहराई सीमा 0 - 85 m (Ref. 104785). Tropical; 30°N - 36°S, 19°E - 112°E

वितरण देश | ऐफ ऐ ओ क्षेत्र | Ecosystems | संयोग | बिन्दु नक्शा | भूमिका | Faunafri

Indian Ocean: Persian Gulf (Ref.80050) and Red Sea south to Port Alfred, South Africa and east to Sumatra, Indonesia (Ref. 33390). Atlantic Ocean. Also known in eastern Mediterranean (Ref. 37421).

आकार / वज़न / Age

परिपक्व अवधि: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 43.0 cm TL पुल्लिंग / अलिंग; (Ref. 125962); अधिकतम प्रकाशित वज़न: 787.80 g (Ref. 131232)

Short description पहचान कुंजी | आकृति विज्ञान | मौरफोमैटरिक्स

पृष्ठीय रीढ़ (सम्पूर्ण) : 13; पृष्ठीय सौफट रेज़ (सम्पूर्ण) : 9 - 11; गुदा कांटा: 3; ऐनल सौफट रेज़: 6 - 7. Reddish to tan or grey in color, with numerous thin dark bars on body and head; tentacle above eye may be faintly banded (Ref. 4313). Adults have a band of small spines along the cheek and small spots in the median fins (Ref. 48635).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.

जीवविज्ञान     शब्द संग्रह (उदाहरणार्थ epibenthic)

Adults are found in coastal waters in muddy habitats (Ref. 48635). Minimum depth of 0m (Ref. 81209). Fin spines highly venomous, may cause human death (Ref. 30573).

Life cycle and mating behavior परिपक्व अवधि | पुनरुत्पत्ति | मछलीऔ का अंडे देना | अंडे | Fecundity | लार्वा

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Eschmeyer, W.N., 1986. Scorpaenidae. p. 463-478. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 4313)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 20 June 2017

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Venomous (Ref. 30573)





Human uses

मात्स्यिकी: व्यापारिक; जलजीवालय: व्यापारिक
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Trophic ecology
Food items (preys)
संघटक आहार
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पारिस्थितिकी
Home ranges
Population dynamics
Growth parameters
Max. ages / sizes
Length-weight rel.
Length-length rel.
Length-frequencies
Mass conversion
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Life cycle
पुनरुत्पत्ति
परिपक्व अवधि
Maturity/Gills rel.
Fecundity
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Spawning aggregations
अंडे
Egg development
लार्वा
लारवल गतिकी
Anatomy
गिल क्षेत्र
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Physiology
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (संदर्भ 123201): 24.5 - 29.3, mean 27.6 °C (based on 328 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (संदर्भ 82804):  PD50 = 0.5002   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01072 (0.00632 - 0.01817), b=3.04 (2.89 - 3.19), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (संदर्भ 69278):  4.5   ±0.80 se; based on food items.
लौटाव (संदर्भ 120179):  निम्न, न्यूनतम जनसंख्या दुगनी होने का समय 4.5 - 14 वर्ष। (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low to moderate vulnerability (33 of 100). 🛈
Price category (Ref. 80766):   High.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 43.4 [22.3, 87.5] mg/100g; Iron = 0.586 [0.302, 1.537] mg/100g; Protein = 18.2 [16.2, 20.2] %; Omega3 = 0.218 [0.095, 0.597] g/100g; Selenium = 32.6 [16.5, 83.8] μg/100g; VitaminA = 206 [65, 621] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.04 [0.70, 1.50] mg/100g (wet weight);