Taeniamia melasma Blackspot Cardinalfish

Taeniamia melasma is commonly referred to as Blackspot 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:

10908 

AphiaID:

1013783 

Scientific:

Taeniamia melasma 

German:

Kardinalbarsch 

English:

Blackspot Cardinalfish 

Category:

Kardinalfisk 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Apogonidae (Family) > Taeniamia (Genus) > melasma (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Lachner & Taylor, ), 1960 

Occurrence:

Alor, Ashmore and Cartier Islands, Australia, Bali, Borneo (Kalimantan), Brunei Darussalam, Flores, Great Barrier Reef, Guam, Indonesia, New Guinea, Northern Territory (Australia), Papua, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland (Australia), Sulawesi, Timor, Western Australia 

Sea depth:

2 - 12 Meter 

Size:

8,6 cm 

Temperature:

78.8 °F - 82.4 °F (26°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Amphipods, Copepods, Daphnia salina, Invertebrates, Zooplankton 

Difficulty:

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

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Taeniamia ataenia
  Kardinalbarsch
• 
  Taeniamia biguttata
  Zweifleck-Kardinalbarsch
• 
  Taeniamia bilineata
  Zwei-Linien Kardinalbarsch
• 
  Taeniamia buruensis
  Kardinalbarsch
• 
  Taeniamia flavofasciata
  Kardinalbarsch
• 
  Taeniamia fucata
  Orangelinien-Kardinalbarsch
• 
  Taeniamia leai
  Augenstreifen Kardinal
• 
  Taeniamia lineolata
  Kardinalbarsch
• 
  Taeniamia macroptera
  Kardinalbarsch
• 
  Taeniamia melasma
  Kardinalbarsch
• 
  Taeniamia mozambiquensis
  Kardinalbarsch
• Taeniamia pallida
• 
  Taeniamia zosterophora
  Schwarzgürtel-Kardinalbarsch
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Taeniamia kagoshimana
  Kardinalbarsch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2017-07-13 18:28:44 

Last edit:

2019-09-03 09:55:28 

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