Ikan lepu ayam vs Zebra Danio

Pterois volitans dibandingkan dengan Danio rerio

Taxonomy & Classification

Atribut	Ikan lepu ayam	Zebra Danio
Nama Ilmiah	Pterois volitans	Danio rerio
Ordo	Scorpaeniformes	Cypriniformes
Famili	Scorpaenidae	Danionidae
Conservation Status	Least Concern	Least Concern

Physical Traits

Atribut	Ikan lepu ayam	Zebra Danio
Panjang Maks.	38,0 cm	5,0 cm
Berat Maks.	1,1 kg	0,001 kg
Warna	White to cream body with alternating bold reddish-brown and white vertical bands; fan-like pectoral fins are banded with red-brown and white spots; long dorsal spines are striped and venomous.	Silver to pale gold body with five continuous horizontal royal-blue stripes running from gill to tail tip, including through the fins; belly silvery-white; fins clear with blue-gold striping.

Habitat & Environment

Atribut	Ikan lepu ayam	Zebra Danio
Jenis Air	Saltwater	Freshwater
Kedalaman	2-55m	—
Sebaran Geografis	Native to the Indo-Pacific from East Africa and the Red Sea to southern Japan, Australia, and the Marquesas. Invasive in the western Atlantic and Caribbean …	Native to the Ganges and Brahmaputra river basins of Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Myanmar. Inhabits fast-flowing hill streams, rice paddies, and shallow ponds across the …
Habitat	Neritic, coral reefs	Fast-flowing, clear mountain streams of the Ganges-Brahmaputra region, India and Bangladesh. Clean, well-oxygenated, shallow water with sandy and gravelly substrate (18-26°C). Lab model organism.

Aquarium Suitability

Atribut	Ikan lepu ayam	Zebra Danio
Ukuran Tangki Min.	—	40 L
Suhu	—	18-24
Rentang pH	—	6.0-8.0
Tingkat Perawatan	—	Easy
Temperamen	—	Peaceful

Cuisine & Edibility

Ikan lepu ayam

Sweet, buttery white flesh once spines are safely removed; increasingly promoted as a sustainable food source in Atlantic waters where it is an invasive species.

Zebra Danio

Not consumed — a hardy ornamental aquarium fish notable for its horizontal blue-silver stripes and active schooling behavior; also a widely used laboratory model organism.

Species Overview

Ikan lepu ayam

The red lionfish is a venomous coral reef fish native to the Indo-Pacific. Its ornate, striped body and fan-like pectoral fins make it popular in aquariums, but it has become a destructive invasive species in the western Atlantic and Caribbean.

Zebra Danio

The zebrafish is a small cyprinid native to South Asia's freshwater streams. Its distinctive blue-and-gold horizontal stripes and hardy nature make it a popular aquarium fish. It is also the most widely used vertebrate model organism in genetic research.