Ostracion trachys Roughskin trunkfish

Ostracion trachys is commonly referred to as Roughskin trunkfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Has a poison harmful to health.

Profile

lexID:

10858 

AphiaID:

219913 

Scientific:

Ostracion trachys 

German:

Mauritius Kofferfisch 

English:

Roughskin Trunkfish 

Category:

Kuffertfisk 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Tetraodontiformes (Order) > Ostraciidae (Family) > Ostracion (Genus) > trachys (Species) 

Initial determination:

Randall, 1975 

Occurrence:

Mauritius, Réunion , Western Indian Ocean 

Sea depth:

15 - 30 Meter 

Size:

up to 4.33" (11 cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 80.6 °F (°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Fish (little fishes), Invertebrates 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Has a poison harmful to health 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Ostracion cyanurus
  Blauschwanz-Kofferfisch - Arabischer Kofferfisch
• 
  Ostracion meleagris
  Weißtüfpel-Kofferfisch
• 
  Ostracion rhinorhynchos
  Nashorn-Kofferfisch
• 
  Ostracion trachys
  Mauritius Kofferfisch
• 
  Ostracion whitleyi
  Kofferfisch

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Ostracion cubicum
  Gewöhnlicher Kofferfisch, Gelbbrauner Kofferfisch
• 
  Ostracion immaculatum
  Japanischer Kofferfisch
• 
  Ostracion solorense
  Kofferfisch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2017-06-26 20:08:51 

Last edit:

2017-06-27 17:12:33 

Toxicity

This is a general hint!
Ostracion trachys has a harmful toxin.
As a rule, animals with a harmful poison do not pose mortal danger in normal Aquarieaner everyday life. Read the following husbandry information and comments from aquarists who already keep Ostracion trachys in their aquarium to get a better picture about the possible danger. However, please be careful when using Ostracion trachys. Every human reacts differently to poisons.
If you suspect that you have come into contact with the poison, please contact your doctor or the poison emergency call.
The phone number of the poison emergency call can be found here:
[overview_and_url_DE]
Overview Europe: European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxicologists

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