Eubalichthys bucephalus Black Reef-Leatherjacket, Whitley's Leatherjacket

Eubalichthys bucephalus is commonly referred to as Black Reef-Leatherjacket, Whitley's Leatherjacket. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

11086 

AphiaID:

280729 

Scientific:

Eubalichthys bucephalus 

German:

Feilenfisch 

English:

Black Reef-Leatherjacket, Whitley's Leatherjacket 

Category:

Filfisk 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Tetraodontiformes (Order) > Monacanthidae (Family) > Eubalichthys (Genus) > bucephalus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Whitley, ), 1931 

Occurrence:

Australia, Eastern Indian Ocean, Endemic species, New South Wales (Australia), South Australia, Western Australia 

Sea depth:

10 - 250 Meter 

Size:

up to 19.69" (50 cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 75.2 °F (°C - 24°C) 

Food:

No reliable information available, Plankton 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Eubalichthys bucephalus
  Feilenfisch
• Eubalichthys caeruleoguttatus
• 
  Eubalichthys cyanoura
  Feilenfisch
• 
  Eubalichthys gunnii
  Gunns Feilenfisch
• 
  Eubalichthys mosaicus
  Mosaik-Feilenfisch
• Eubalichthys quadrispinis

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2017-09-29 09:40:27 

Last edit:

2020-04-26 20:47:09 

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