Description
Dendrochirus brachypterus
Care: Venomous
Diet: Carnivorous
Light: Medium
Place of origin: Western Indian Ocean
Temperature: Tropical: 23-27 deg C (73-81 deg F)
Water Parameters: SG: 1.020-1.025, pH: 8.1-8.4
Lion - Fuzzy Dwarf, Dendrochirus brachypterus is a species of marine fish in the family Scorpaenidae. Body reddish with vague broad bars; paired fins with bars, median fins with small dark spots. Adults often found on sponges and juveniles are sometimes found in small aggregations on remote bommies. Lion - Fuzzy Dwarf is up to 17 centimetres in length.