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Anyone have any info on these? Im looking for temprement, if they can do well in pure fresh or if they need brackish, and the potency of their venom. Thanks

Leaf Goblinfish? At least that's better than "Butterfly Goby". Maybe someone will start calling them "Freshwater Waspfish", despite not being truly freshwater...

Whatever. You may be able to keep them in FW (they can tolerate it) but brackish would be much better. These fish really are not FW.

These fish won't pick on anything. If they want to harm something they'll eat it. I don't believe they are territorial, but I'm not entirely sure.

Of course, this fish is from Scorpaeniformes, the scorpionfish order. It's venom is similar to the bee sting. I am not sure to the extent of how much it hurts. The Lionfish, though pretty distantly related, have stings similar to bee stings but hurt many times over that of a bee sting; Waspfish stings are probably not that powerful, but if the stings aren't painful, then there wouldn't be any use for them. Chances are you will not get stung, unless you're not looking at the fish, you're feeding them by hand, or you're overall being stupid.

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Thanks Shin. I found one on aquabid but details were very limited. The seller said they do well in freshwater but i had my doubts, guess i will pass this one up.