Cheilodipterus pygmaios Cardinalfish

Cheilodipterus pygmaios is commonly referred to as Cardinalfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:: 9586
AphiaID:: 209370

Scientific:: Cheilodipterus pygmaios
German:: Kardinalbarsch
English:: Cardinalfish

Category:: Poissons-Cardinals

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Apogonidae (Family) > Cheilodipterus (Genus) > pygmaios (Species)
Initial determination:: Gon, 1993

Occurrence:: Eritrea, Sudan, Egypt, Gulf of Aden, Red Sea, Western Indian Ocean
Size:: 1.18" - 2.76" (3cm - 7cm)
Temperature:: °F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C)
Food:: Amphipods, Copepods, Daphnia salina, Fish eggs, Fish larvae, Invertebrates, Mysis, Zoobenthos, Zooplankton
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2016-03-30 19:57:25
Last edit:: 2016-03-30 19:57:25

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Gon, 1993

Similar species:
Cheilodipterus artus
Cheilodipterus novemstriatus
Cheilodipterus quinquelineatus

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopteri (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Percoidei (Suborder) > Apogonidae (Family) > Apogoninae (Subfamily) > Cheilodipterus (Genus) > Cheilodipterus pygmaios (Species)

External links

Beschreibung Cheilodipterus pygmaios (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Encyclodedia of Life (EOL) (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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