Lionfish Spines

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aznfish

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So i'm hopefully going to finish my marine tank for a zebra dwarf or another dwarf lionfish.
And i was just wondering where exactly are the spines, I know that theres around 10 spines on the dorsal fin of a lion already ( quite obvious for anyone)
But what other fins have spines? I read that lionfish have some anal fin spines, is someone able to point exactly where these are on a lionfish?
and do the pectoral fins of a lionfish have spines?

Hope that i can keep a dwarf lionfish, if i can't get one then ill end up getting a volitan to put in my 180g tank + 65g sump, setup ._.
 
So i'm hopefully going to finish my marine tank for a zebra dwarf or another dwarf lionfish.
And i was just wondering where exactly are the spines, I know that theres around 10 spines on the dorsal fin of a lion already ( quite obvious for anyone)
But what other fins have spines? I read that lionfish have some anal fin spines, is someone able to point exactly where these are on a lionfish?
and do the pectoral fins of a lionfish have spines?

Hope that i can keep a dwarf lionfish, if i can't get one then ill end up getting a volitan to put in my 180g tank + 65g sump, setup ._.

Only the dorsal, anal, and pelvic fins have venomous spines. Basically, you want to avoid touching the lionfish at all, but you especially want to avoid touching any of the fins that are on top of it (dorsal) or on its underside/lower side (pelvic and anal).

Here's a diagram of a car that illustrates the positioning of the fins:

neptuno-submarine-fish-fins.jpg

neptuno-submarine-fish-fins.jpg
 
Thanks Wiggles for the info, you didn't really need to show the diagram since i know where the fins are already, but i'm sure that your post will help others :D
 
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