Cheilinus oxycephalus Pointed-head wrasse, Point-head maori, Point-head maori wrasse, Red maori wrasse, Snooty Maori wrasse, Snooty wrasse

Cheilinus oxycephalus is commonly referred to as Pointed-head wrasse, Point-head maori, Point-head maori wrasse, Red maori wrasse, Snooty Maori wrasse, Snooty wrasse. Difficulty in the aquarium: moyen. A aquarium size of at least 1000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

5163 

AphiaID:

218947 

Scientific:

Cheilinus oxycephalus 

German:

Spitzkopf-Prachtlippfisch 

English:

Pointed-head Wrasse, Point-head Maori, Point-head Maori Wrasse, Red Maori Wrasse, Snooty Maori Wrasse, Snooty Wrasse 

Category:

Labres 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Labridae (Family) > Cheilinus (Genus) > oxycephalus (Species) 

Initial determination:

Bleeker, 1853 

Occurrence:

(the) Maldives, American Samoa, Austral Islands, Australia, Bali, China, Christmas Islands, Comores, Cook Islands, East Africa, Fiji, Flores, French Polynesia, Great Barrier Reef, Guam, India, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Java, Kenya, Lombok, Madagascar, Marquesas Islands, Marschall Islands, Mayotte, Micronesia, Mozambique, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Northern Mariana Islands, Ogasawara Islands, Palau, Papua, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland (Australia), Raja Amat, Réunion , Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South-Africa, Sumatra, Taiwan, Tansania, The Bangai Archipelago, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Seychelles, the Society Islands, Timor, Togean Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuamoto Islands, Tuvalu, United States Minor Outlying Islands, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna, Yemen 

Sea depth:

1 - 40 Meter 

Size:

5.91" - 6.69" (15cm - 17cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 80.6 °F (22°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Fish (little fishes), Invertebrates, Predatory, Rock shrimps, Schrimps 

Tank:

219.98 gal (~ 1000L)  

Difficulty:

moyen 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Cheilinus abudjubbe
  Abudjubbe Lippfisch
• 
  Cheilinus chlorourus
  Schneeflocken-Prachtlippfisch
• 
  Cheilinus fasciatus
  Rotbrust-Prachtlippfisch
• 
  Cheilinus lunulatus
  Besenschwanz-Prachtlippfisch
• 
  Cheilinus oxycephalus
  Spitzkopf-Prachtlippfisch
• 
  Cheilinus trilobatus
  Dreilappen-Lippfisch
• 
  Cheilinus undulatus
  Napoleon-Lippfisch, Buckelkopf-Lippfisch

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Cheilinus quinquecinctus
  Rotbrust-Prachtlippfisch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-03-11 19:51:49 

Last edit:

2017-05-28 13:40:34 

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