Cociella crocodilus Crocodile flathead

Cociella crocodilus is commonly referred to as Crocodile flathead. Difficulty in the aquarium: Pas pour l'aquarium!. A aquarium size of at least 2000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

1234 

AphiaID:

398453 

Scientific:

Cociella crocodilus 

German:

Teppich-Krokodilfisch 

English:

Crocodile Flathead 

Category:

Poissons-Crocodiles 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Scorpaeniformes (Order) > Platycephalidae (Family) > Cociella (Genus) > crocodilus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Cuvier, ), 1829 

Occurrence:

Hong Kong, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, China, Corea, Great Barrier Reef, Gulf of Oman / Oman, India, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mozambique, Myanmar, New Caledonia, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Red Sea, Réunion , Solomon Islands, Somalia, South-Africa, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Timor, Vietnam, Western Indian Ocean 

Sea depth:

0 - 300 Meter 

Size:

up to 19.69" (50 cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 77 °F (°C - 25°C) 

Food:

Codfish, Coralfish of all kind, Fish (little fishes), Jackfish, Schrimps, Smelts 

Tank:

439.96 gal (~ 2000L)  

Difficulty:

Pas pour l'aquarium! 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Cociella crocodilus
  Teppich-Krokodilfisch
• Cociella heemstrai
• Cociella hutchinsi
• 
  Cociella punctata
  Gefleckter-Plattkopf
• Cociella somaliensis

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2005-01-05 21:04:49 

Last edit:

2020-01-22 15:58:34 

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