Cephalopholis oligosticta Vermilion hind

Cephalopholis oligosticta is commonly referred to as Vermilion hind. Difficulty in the aquarium: Que pour les grands aquariums. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Scientific:: Cephalopholis oligosticta
German:: Zackenbarsch
English:: Vermilion Hind

Category:: Percoïdés

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Serranidae (Family) > Cephalopholis (Genus) > oligosticta (Species)
Initial determination:: Randall & Ben-Tuvia, 1983

Occurrence:: Sudan, Eritrea, Djibouti, (the) Maldives, American Samoa, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Arafura Sea, Australia, Caroline Island, Christmas Islands, Comores, Cook Islands, Egypt, Fiji, French Polynesia, Great Barrier Reef, Guam, Gulf of Aqaba / Gulf of Eliat, India, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Lord Howe Island, Malaysia, Marquesas Islands, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Micronesia, Mozambique, Northern Mariana Islands, Okinawa, Pakistan, Palau, Papua, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Raja Amat, Red Sea, Réunion , Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Solomon Islands, South-Africa, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatra, Tahiti, Taiwan, Tansania, The Bangai Archipelago, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Seychelles, Timor, Tonga, Tuvalu, Yemen
Size:: up to 11.81" (30 cm)
Temperature:: 71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C)
Food:: Crustaceans, Fish (little fishes), Krill, Mysis, Predatory, Rock shrimps, Schrimps
Difficulty:: Que pour les grands aquariums
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Related species at Catalog of Life:

More related species in this lexicon:

Cephalopholis colonus
Zackenbarsch

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2014-07-06 17:33:42
Last edit:: 2014-07-06 17:33:42

Info

Randall & Ben-Tuvia, 1983

Cephalopholis oligosticta could be a colourful eyespot in each tank, its body has a orange-red colour and is covered with plenty blue dots and its pectoral fins have some blue stripes.

This hind needs a diet that consists mainly of small fishes and some small crustaceans.

Best left in the wild.

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Serranidae (Family) > Epinephelinae (Subfamily) > Cephalopholis (Genus)

External links

FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Webpage Richard Field (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Copyright Joe DE VROE, Foto El Gouna, Ägypten

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