Corniger spinosus Spinycheek soldierfish

Corniger spinosus is commonly referred to as Spinycheek soldierfish. 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:

9821 

AphiaID:

280402 

Scientific:

Corniger spinosus 

German:

Soldatenfisch 

English:

Spinycheek Soldierfish 

Category:

Poissons-Soldats 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Beryciformes (Order) > Holocentridae (Family) > Corniger (Genus) > spinosus (Species) 

Initial determination:

Agassiz, 1831 

Occurrence:

Suriname, Ascencion, St. Helena & Tristan da Cunha, Brazil, Cuba, East-Atlantic Ocean, French Guiana, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Caribbean, USA, West-Atlantic Ocean 

Size:

up to 9.06" (23 cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 75.2 °F (22°C - 24°C) 

Food:

Fish (little fishes), 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:

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  Corniger spinosus
  Soldatenfisch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2016-07-06 16:38:41 

Last edit:

2016-07-06 16:38:41 

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