Animal directory
Red Lionfish
Care, environment, breeding and conservation records for Red Lionfish.
Identity & conservation
- Scientific name
- Pterois volitans
- Enclosures
- Aquarium
- Status
- Least concern
- Status code
- LC
- Regions
- Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean
- Biomes
- Estuarine, Reef
- Edition
- Base game
- Class group
- Fish
- Revealed
- 2026-07-21
- Status groups
- Least concern
- Tax class
- Actinopterygii
- Tax family
- Scorpaenidae
- Tax genus
- Pterois
- Tax order
- Perciformes
- Wild population
- Unknown
- Wild population count
- Unknown
Habitat & enclosure
- Barrier grade
- 2
- Barrier height
- 1 m
- Climb proof
- No
- Water barrier
- No
- Temp min
- 22 °C
- Temp max
- 28 °C
- Area land min
- Unknown
- Area land
- Unknown
- Area climbing
- Unknown
- Area deep water
- 16 m² + 16 m² per extra animal
- Area flying
- Unknown
- Area shelter
- Unknown
- Area water
- Unknown
- Humidity
- Unknown
- Plant cover
- 0-100%
- Salinity
- Saltwater
- Terrain
- Sand 30-80%, Soil 0-50%, Rock 20-70%, Fine Sand 25-80%
- Water barrier depth
- Unknown
- Water barrier width
- Unknown
Social life & breeding
- Group size
- 1-20 (up to 19 males, up to 19 females)
- Life expectancy
- 10-20 years
- Bachelor females
- 1-20
- Bachelor males
- 1-20
- Breeding difficulty
- Very Easy
- Gestation
- Unknown
- Group name
- Unknown
- Interbirth
- 6 months
- Interbirth months
- 6 months
- Litter label
- Litter size
- Litter size
- 1-5
- Mating season
- Aseasonal
- Mating system
- Promiscuous
- Maturity age
- 1 year
- Maturity years
- 1 years
- Shoal fish
- No
- Shoal size
- Unknown
- Sterility age
- Death
Other facts
- Diet
- Krill, Small Whole Fish
- Colony size
- Unknown
- Colour morphs
- Unknown
- Dominance
- Male dominance based on size
- Enrichment
- Blood Scent Marker, Bubble Blower - Airstone
- Exhibit types
- Unknown
- Feeders
- Aquatic Feeder - Flakes, Suspended Bait
- Nest
- Unknown
- Offspring dispersal
- All offspring
- Size female
- 0.34 m
- Size male
- 0.34 m
- Size max
- 0.34 m
- Size measure
- Length
- Temperature
- 22 to 28°C
- Thriving group
- Unknown
- Thriving member of
- Unknown
- Thriving with
- Unknown
- Water sources
- Unknown
- Weather dislikes
- Snow
- Weight female
- Unknown
- Weight female text
- Unknown
- Weight juvenile
- 500 g
- Weight male
- Unknown
- Weight male text
- Unknown
Research levels
| Level | Unlocks | Research gate |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Thriving Requirement 1: at least 20 objects or plants with the Rocks tag; Red Lionfish Fact Sheet | Unknown |
| Level 2 | Thriving Requirement 2: at least 5 objects or plants with the Coral tag; Fertility Level 1 (+15% fertility) | Unknown |
| Level 3 | Thriving Requirement 3: Food Grade 2; Release groups and release to the wild | Unknown |
| Level 4 | Thriving Requirement 4: Coarse Sand terrain | Unknown |
| Level 5 | Thriving Requirement 5: Smooth Rock terrain; Fertility Level 2 (+30% fertility) | Unknown |
Valid release groups
| Group | Type | Animals |
|---|---|---|
| Solitary Male | Solitary male | 1 male |
| Solitary Female | Solitary female | 1 female |
Red Lionfish2
Barriers at this grade1
Enrichment items2
Research levels1
Valid release groups1
Related entries51
- Species this disease affects · Nematodiasis (Used by / linked from)
- Reward species · Wildlife Care projects (Used by / linked from)
- Species this disease affects · Fusariosis (Used by / linked from)
- Uses enrichment · Bubble Blower - Airstone (Requires / provides)
- Has research · Red Lionfish (Requires / provides)
- Zoopedia entry · Red Lionfish (Used by / linked from)
- Barriers at this grade · 1-Way Glass (Requires / provides)
- Red lionfish · Red Lionfish (Requires / provides)
- Biomes · Estuarine (Requires / provides)
- Biomes · Reef (Requires / provides)
- Enrichment items · Bubble Blower - Airstone (Requires / provides)
- Uses feeder · Aquatic Feeder - Flakes (Requires / provides)
- Asked species · Animal Reintroduction projects (Used by / linked from)
- Animals by grade · 1-Way Glass (Used by / linked from)
- Used by species · Reef (Used by / linked from)
- Uses feeder · Suspended Bait (Requires / provides)
- Animals that use it · Suspended Bait (Used by / linked from)
- Species this disease affects · Vibriosis (Used by / linked from)
- Used by species · Aquatic Feeder - Flakes (Used by / linked from)
- Enrichment items · Blood Scent Marker (Requires / provides)
- Species this disease affects · Velvet Disease (Used by / linked from)
- Researches species · Red Lionfish (Used by / linked from)
- Species this disease affects · White Spot Disease (Used by / linked from)
- Species this disease affects · Isopodiasis (Used by / linked from)
- Animals that use it · Bubble Blower - Airstone (Used by / linked from)
- Lives in biome · Estuarine (Requires / provides)
- Animals that use it · Blood Scent Marker (Used by / linked from)
- Species this disease affects · Salmonellosis (Used by / linked from)
- Feeders · Aquatic Feeder - Flakes (Requires / provides)
- Animals that use it · Aquatic Feeder - Flakes (Used by / linked from)
- Lives in biome · Reef (Requires / provides)
- Used by species · Suspended Bait (Used by / linked from)
- Used by species · Blood Scent Marker (Used by / linked from)
- Used by species · Estuarine (Used by / linked from)
- Uses enrichment · Blood Scent Marker (Requires / provides)
- Research levels · Red Lionfish (Requires / provides)
- Species this disease affects · Streptococcosis (Used by / linked from)
- Used by species · Bubble Blower - Airstone (Used by / linked from)
- Animals in this biome · Estuarine (Used by / linked from)
- Red lionfish · Red Lionfish (Requires / provides)
- Species this disease affects · Viral Erythrocytic Necrosis (Used by / linked from)
- Zoopedia entry · Red Lionfish (Used by / linked from)
- Species this disease affects · Amoebiasis (Used by / linked from)
- Species this disease affects · Furunculosis (Used by / linked from)
- Feeders · Suspended Bait (Requires / provides)
- Animals given as rewards · Wildlife Care projects (Used by / linked from)
- Has release groups · Red Lionfish (Requires / provides)
- Sp aquarium · 1-Way Glass (Used by / linked from)
- Animals in this biome · Reef (Used by / linked from)
- Species this disease affects · Piscine Mycobacteriosis (Used by / linked from)
- Valid release groups · Red Lionfish (Requires / provides)
Sources26
- Reference snapshot wikily.gg/planet-zoo-2/animals/red-lionfish ·
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- Reference snapshot wikily.gg/planet-zoo-2/biomes ·
- Reference snapshot wikily.gg/planet-zoo-2/biomes/estuarine ·
- Reference snapshot wikily.gg/planet-zoo-2/biomes/reef ·
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