Eques lanceolatus Jack-Knifefish

Eques lanceolatus is commonly referred to as Jack-Knifefish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Pour aquariophiles éprouvés. A aquarium size of at least 1500 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

88 

AphiaID:

1389965 

Scientific:

Eques lanceolatus 

German:

Wimpel Ritterfisch 

English:

Jack-Knifefish 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Teleostei (Class) > Eupercaria incertae sedis (Order) > Sciaenidae (Family) > Eques (Genus) > lanceolatus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Linnaeus, ), 1758 

Occurrence:

Guadeloupe, Suriname, Barbados, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Belize, Bermuda, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Columbia, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Eastern Pacific Ocean, French Guiana, Grenada, Gulf of Mexico, Guyana, Haiti, Indo Pacific, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, The Bahamas, the Cayman Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, USA, Venezuela, Virgin Islands, U.S., West-Atlantic Ocean, Western Pacific Ocean 

Sea depth:

10 - 60 Meter 

Size:

up to 7.87" (20 cm) 

Temperature:

73.4 °F - 80.6 °F (23°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Brine Shrimps, Cyclops, Krill, Mysis, Zooplankton 

Tank:

329.97 gal (~ 1500L)  

Difficulty:

Pour aquariophiles éprouvés 

Offspring:

Possible to breed 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Eques lanceolatus
  Wimpel Ritterfisch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2004-08-21 10:11:34 

Last edit:

2024-05-03 15:28:58 

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