Pterois russelii, Plaintail turkeyfish : fisheries, aquarium

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Pterois russelii Bennett, 1831

Plaintail turkeyfish
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> Perciformes/Scorpaenoidei (Scorpionfishes) > Scorpaenidae (Scorpionfishes or rockfishes) > Pteroinae
Etymology: Pterois: Greek, pteron = wing, fin (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Dr Patrick Russell (1727–1805) was a British surgeon and naturalist. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Bennett.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / distribuzione batimetrica / distribution range Ecologia

marino; salmastro associati a barriera corallina; distribuzione batimetrica 15 - 60 m (Ref. 74961), usually 20 - ? m (Ref. 9710). Tropical; 40°N - 40°S

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Indo-Pacific: Persian Gulf and East Africa to New Guinea, south to Western Australia.

Size / Peso / Age

Maturità: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 30.0 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 30573)

Short description Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria

Spine dorsali (totale) : 13; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 10 - 12; Spine anali: 3; Raggi anali molli: 7 - 8. This species is distinguished by having no spots on the median fins and generally, its shorter dorsal spines (Ref. 74961).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

Benthic (Ref. 68964). Found on muddy substrates, from well-protected shallow estuaries to quiet, deep offshore reefs (Ref. 9710, 48635). Also found in bays and coastal waters, solitary (Ref 90102).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve

Main reference Upload your references | Bibliografia | Coordinatore | Collaboratori

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: 03 March 2015

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Venomous (Ref. 4690)





Human uses

Pesca: scarso interesse commerciale; Acquario: Acquari pubblici
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Fonte Biblio. 123201): 24.6 - 29.1, mean 28.1 °C (based on 974 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Fonte Biblio. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5002   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00813 (0.00413 - 0.01600), b=2.96 (2.79 - 3.13), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Fonte Biblio. 69278):  4.0   ±0.7 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilienza (Fonte Biblio. 120179):  Basso, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 4.5 - 14 anni (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low to moderate vulnerability (27 of 100). 🛈
Price category (Ref. 80766):   High.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 48.2 [24.0, 102.6] mg/100g; Iron = 0.591 [0.300, 1.384] mg/100g; Protein = 18.5 [16.4, 20.5] %; Omega3 = 0.239 [0.099, 0.644] g/100g; Selenium = 28.1 [12.7, 67.9] μg/100g; VitaminA = 212 [61, 715] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.26 [0.83, 1.88] mg/100g (wet weight);