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Its venomous dorsal fin spines are only for defence. Stonefish Attack Do Stonefish Attack Humans? There is no evidence to suggest that it is threatened in anyway. It is found throughout its various habitats. The worldwide stonefish population is not known. Stonefish Conservation Status Is the Stonefish Endangered? It is also safe to eat raw, provided the fish's dorsal fin with its associated venom is removed first. The protein-based venom quickly breaks down when cooked. Yes, you can eat a stonefish – provided it is prepared properly. Young stonefish are easy prey for other fish. The main predators of adult stonefish are sharks, stingrays, and sea snakes. Stonefish Predators & Threats What Kills Stonefish? They are well developed and self-sufficient from birth. The female stonefish release a layer of large fertilised eggs on the sea-floor and the male comes along, releasing sperm over them. The only time it actively seeks out another is during mating season for spawning. Stonefish Reproduction Stonefish Life-cycle This action is so quick that it's all over in less than 1/100th of a second. When it opens its powerful jaws wide open and expands its throat, it creates a significant vacuum suction pressure between the inside of its mouth and the outside environment which sucks its unsuspecting prey into its gaping mouth where it is swallowed whole.

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The stonefish can expand the volume of its throat, which has extra pleated skin to allow expansion, and mouth in a split second. Here are a few colors and they where all black the day i got them.The stonefish's capture technique is called ‘gape and suck’. I assume it changes with the objects color they take a nap on. Not sure what the trigger to change color is. Lovely little fish tho, most remarkable, they can change color tone on the fly, from pepered black, to dark green, to dark or kaky brown, to bleu/grey. They also can be extremely active and fly all over the place. But see them circling the same bloodworm several times bumping into anything on their path before they finaly find it. And indeed bloodworms trigger them to come out of hiding anytime. Observing them it seems more like they are as blind as a bat and do not make much use of eyesight and have a bad focus. Having them for several years now, i also doubt they are nocturnal. If one is at the front I can walk up, drop in feed, take pictures with flash, even tap on the glass and still it remains unmoved before shuffling off on its own timetable! The extra space would also allow a small shoal of swimmers such as boraras as otherwise these very cryptically marked fish would need a rather bare tank to enable them to be seen effectively – in a nano community their less obvious existence* isn’t such an issue.

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Although not free swimmers I do find they actively use the whole of the substrate as well as resting on plants, wood and rock. I think the 12*8*8 noted is too small especially if keeping more than a pair. Mine are in a 18*10*10″ (28l) tank with boraras, ricefish and a few surviving shrimp (hopefully to be rehomed soon. Actually pinning down their preferred option is difficult as its almost impossible to see them feed although they do nuzzle around (day and night!) and are seemingly doing well. I feed them with the same basic mix of crush flake, granules, spirulina powder that the majority of my nano-fish enjoy, as well as trying out various live/dried foods including microworms which seem more amenable to their small size than bloodworm which is often only available as large specimens. I have the closely related Hara hara (no article?). 5 Responses to “Hara jerdoni (Asian Stone Catfish)”

It, and others in the genus (and also the closely related genus Erithistes), also go by the common name of moth catfish due to their patterning and shape when viewed from above.

This delightful little species can be distinguished from others in the genus by its elongated pectoral spines. Apparently the eggs were deposited in spawning mops. Has been bred in aquaria, but unfortunately very few details are available.

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It is likely that females will appear broader than males when full of eggs. It can be kept with others of its own kind without any problems, and in fact prefers to be kept in a group. Don’t keep it with any active bottom-dwelling species or it will be out-competed for food easily. Behaviour and Compatibility Top ↑Ī very peaceful little cat that fits well into communities of other small species, or into a biotope setup with other Asian stream-dwelling species, such as Dario sp. To find other high quality, highly recommended foods click here.

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