Sanopus splendidus Coral Toadfish, Splendid Toadfish

Sanopus splendidus is commonly referred to as Coral Toadfish, Splendid Toadfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping.

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lexID:

5562 

AphiaID:

282662 

Scientific:

Sanopus splendidus 

German:

Froschfisch, Pracht-Krötenfisch 

English:

Coral Toadfish, Splendid Toadfish 

Category:

Poissons-Crapauds 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Batrachoidiformes (Order) > Batrachoididae (Family) > Sanopus (Genus) > splendidus (Species) 

Initial determination:

Collette, Starck & Phillips, 1974 

Occurrence:

Belize, Gulf of Mexico, Honduras, the Caribbean, West-Atlantic Ocean 

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:

8 - 25 Meter 

Habitats:

Seawater, Sea water, Underwater caves, Underwater caverns 

Size:

up to 9.45" (24 cm) 

Temperature:

80.6 °F - 28,2 °F (27°C - 28,2°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Crustaceans, Fish (little fishes), Predatory, Rock shrimps, Schrimps, Sepia, Snails, Worms 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Endangered (EN) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Sanopus astrifer
  Weißgefleckter Krötenfisch,Froschfisch
• Sanopus barbatus
• Sanopus greenfieldorum
• Sanopus johnsoni
• 
  Sanopus reticulatus
  Netzkrötenfisch
• 
  Sanopus splendidus
  Froschfisch, Pracht-Krötenfisch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-06-01 17:27:53 

Last edit:

2024-10-28 15:53:39 

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