Neamia octospina Eight-spine Cardinalfish

Neamia octospina is commonly referred to as Eight-spine Cardinalfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Average. A aquarium size of at least 250 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

11527 

AphiaID:

209404 

Scientific:

Neamia octospina 

German:

Kardinalbarsch 

English:

Eight-spine Cardinalfish 

Category:

Kardinalfisk 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Apogonidae (Family) > Neamia (Genus) > octospina (Species) 

Initial determination:

Smith & Radcliffe, 1912 

Occurrence:

Eritrea, (the) Maldives, Ashmore and Cartier Islands, Australia, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), East Africa, Egypt, Fiji, Great Barrier Reef, Gulf of Aqaba / Gulf of Eliat, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Moluccas, Mozambique, New Caledonia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Red Sea, Solomon Islands, Taiwan, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Cocos Islands / Keeling Islands, The Ryukyu Islands, the Seychelles, Timor 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

1 - 40 Meter 

Size:

up to 2.76" (7 cm) 

Temperature:

76.82 °F - 84.74 °F (24.9°C - 29.3°C) 

Food:

Amphipods, Bosmiden, Brine Shrimp Nauplii, Brine Shrimps, Copepods, Coral spawn, Cyclop-Eeze, Cyclops, Daphnia salina, Fish eggs, Fish larvae, Flakes, Frozen food (small sorts), Invertebrates, Krill, Living Food, Lobster eggs, Mosquito larvae, Mysis, Oyster eggs, Pellets, Zooplankton 

Tank:

54.99 gal (~ 250L)  

Difficulty:

Average 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Neamia articycla
  Kardinalbarsch
• 
  Neamia notula
  Kardinalbarsch
• 
  Neamia octospina
  Kardinalbarsch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2018-04-28 15:01:39 

Last edit:

2018-04-28 17:37:48 

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