Parapriacanthus punctulatus Sweeper

Parapriacanthus punctulatus is commonly referred to as Sweeper. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

10162 

AphiaID:

1327821 

Scientific:

Parapriacanthus punctulatus 

German:

Beilbauchfisch, Glasfisch 

English:

Sweeper 

Category:

Pempheridés 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Pempheridae (Family) > Parapriacanthus (Genus) > punctulatus (Species) 

Initial determination:

Randall & Bogorodsky, 2016 

Occurrence:

East Africa, Mozambique, Réunion , South-Africa, Western Indian Ocean 

Sea depth:

17 - 61 Meter 

Size:

15.35" - 25.98" (39cm - 66cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 77 °F (°C - 25°C) 

Food:

Zooplankton 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Parapriacanthus dispar
  Beilfisch, Glasfisch
• 
  Parapriacanthus elongatus
  Glasfisch, Beilfisch
• Parapriacanthus marei
• 
  Parapriacanthus ransonneti
  Goldener Glasfisch

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Parapriacanthus argenteus
  Beilfisch, Glasfisch
• 
  Parapriacanthus darros
  Glasfisch, Beilfisch
• 
  Parapriacanthus guentheri
  Beilfisch, Glasfisch
• 
  Parapriacanthus kwazulu
  Beilfisch, Glasfisch
• 
  Parapriacanthus punctulatus
  Beilbauchfisch, Glasfisch
• 
  Parapriacanthus sharm
  Beilfisch, Glasfisch
• 
  Parapriacanthus sp.
  Glasfisch, Beilfisch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2016-11-16 13:21:10 

Last edit:

2016-11-17 15:09:30 

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