Ellochelon vaigiensis Squaretail mullet

Ellochelon vaigiensis is commonly referred to as Squaretail mullet. Difficulty in the aquarium: Pas pour l'aquarium!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

5194 

AphiaID:

218878 

Scientific:

Ellochelon vaigiensis 

German:

Meeräsche 

English:

Squaretail Mullet 

Category:

Mulet 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Mugilidae (Family) > Ellochelon (Genus) > vaigiensis (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Quoy & Gaimard, ), 1825 

Occurrence:

Djibouti, American Samoa, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, Cambodia, China, Cook Islands, East Africa, Fiji, French Polynesia, Great Barrier Reef, Guam, Gulf of Oman / Oman, India, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, Micronesia, Mozambique, New Caledonia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Red Sea, Réunion , Samoa, Senegal, Somalia, South-Africa, Sri Lanka, Tansania, Thailand, the Cocos Islands / Keeling Islands, the Seychelles, Tonga, Tuamoto Islands, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna 

Sea depth:

- 5 Meter 

Size:

13.78" - 24.8" (35cm - 63cm) 

Temperature:

68 °F - 80.6 °F (20°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), Aquatic plant, Carrion, Clams, Daphnia salina, Detritus, Invertebrates, Phytoplankton, Sea weed, Snails, Worms, Zoobenthos, Zooplankton 

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:

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  Ellochelon vaigiensis
  Meeräsche

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-03-23 14:01:13 

Last edit:

2022-02-20 14:00:16 

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