Trichonotus nikii Sand Diver

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

Profile

lexID:

10560 

AphiaID:

279122 

Scientific:

Trichonotus nikii 

German:

Rotmeer-Sandtaucher 

English:

Sand Diver 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Trichonotidae (Family) > Trichonotus (Genus) > nikii (Species) 

Initial determination:

Clark & von Schmidt, 1966 

Occurrence:

Suez-Kanal, Arabian Sea, Egypt, Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Oman / Oman, Israel, Jordan, Red Sea, Saudi Arabia, Western Indian Ocean 

Sea depth:

1 - 245 Meter 

Size:

11,4 cm 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Invertebrates, Zoobenthos, 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:

• Trichonotus arabicus
• Trichonotus blochii
• Trichonotus cyclograptus
• 
  Trichonotus elegans
  Fadenflossen-Sandtaucher, Lang-Strahlen Sandtaucher
• 
  Trichonotus filamentosus
  Sandtaucher
• 
  Trichonotus halstead
  Sandtaucher
• 
  Trichonotus marleyi
  Sandtaucher
• 
  Trichonotus nikii
  Rotmeer-Sandtaucher
• 
  Trichonotus setiger
  Sandtaucher
• Trichonotus somaliensis

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2017-03-20 15:23:47 

Last edit:

2021-02-17 10:40:50 

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Male

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Female

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