Fowleria variegata Variegated cardinalfish, Spotted Cardinalfish, Peppered Cardinalfish, Multi-Spotted Cardinal-Fish

Fowleria variegata is commonly referred to as Variegated cardinalfish, Spotted Cardinalfish, Peppered Cardinalfish, Multi-Spotted Cardinal-Fish. Difficulty in the aquarium: facile. A aquarium size of at least 240 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

13410 

AphiaID:

209403 

Scientific:

Fowleria variegata 

German:

Kardinalbarsch 

English:

Variegated Cardinalfish, Spotted Cardinalfish, Peppered Cardinalfish, Multi-Spotted Cardinal-Fish 

Category:

Poissons-Cardinals 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Apogonidae (Family) > Fowleria (Genus) > variegata (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Valenciennes, ), 1832 

Occurrence:

Kuwait, Vereinigte Arabische Emirate, (the) Maldives, Australia, Bahrain, Eastern Indian Ocean, Egypt, Fiji, Guam, Gulf of Oman / Oman, Indonesia, Ionian Sea (Mediterranean), Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Micronesia, Mozambique, New Caledonia, New South Wales (Australia), Northern Territory (Australia), Ogasawara Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Quatar, Queensland (Australia), Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, the Cargados Carajos Shoals, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Cocos Islands / Keeling Islands, The Ryukyu Islands, the Seychelles, Tonga, Vietnam, Western Australia 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

0 - 27 Meter 

Size:

up to 3.15" (8 cm) 

Temperature:

77.54 °F - 84.74 °F (25.3°C - 29.3°C) 

Food:

Amphipods, Copepods, Daphnia salina, Fish larvae, Invertebrates, Mysis, Zooplankton 

Tank:

52.79 gal (~ 240L)  

Difficulty:

facile 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Fowleria aurita
  Kardinalbarsch
• 
  Fowleria flammea
  Flammen-Kardinalbarsch
• 
  Fowleria isostigma
  Kardinalbarsch
• 
  Fowleria marmorata
  Marmorierter Kardinalbarsch
• 
  Fowleria vaiulae
  Melierter Kardinalbarsch
• 
  Fowleria variegata
  Kardinalbarsch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2020-12-06 20:43:46 

Last edit:

2023-12-23 11:14:47 

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