Solenostomus cyanopterus Robust Ghost Pipefish, Rough-snout Ghost Pipefish, Racek's Ghost Pipefish, Blue-finned Ghost Pipefish, Ghost Pipefish, Squaretail Ghost Pipefish

Solenostomus cyanopterus is commonly referred to as Robust Ghost Pipefish, Rough-snout Ghost Pipefish, Racek's Ghost Pipefish, Blue-finned Ghost Pipefish, Ghost Pipefish, Squaretail Ghost Pipefish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Experts only! Very hard to keep. A aquarium size of at least 200 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

1226 

AphiaID:

217977 

Scientific:

Solenostomus cyanopterus 

German:

Robuster Geisterpfeifenfisch, Rauschnauzen-Geisterpfeifenfisch 

English:

Robust Ghost Pipefish, Rough-snout Ghost Pipefish, Racek's Ghost Pipefish, Blue-finned Ghost Pipefish, Ghost Pipefish, Squaretail Ghost Pipefish 

Category:

Spøgelsesnålefisk 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Syngnathiformes (Order) > Solenostomidae (Family) > Solenostomus (Genus) > cyanopterus (Species) 

Initial determination:

Bleeker, 1854 

Occurrence:

Eritrea, Hong Kong, Sudan, Djibouti, (the) Maldives, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Christmas Islands, Comores, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), Corea, East Africa, Fiji, Great Barrier Reef, Guam, India, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Lembeh Strait, Lord Howe Island, Madagascar, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Mayotte, Micronesia, Mozambique, Myanmar, New Caledonia, Norfolk Island, Northern Mariana Islands, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Paracel-Islands, Philippines, Queensland (Australia), Red Sea, Réunion , Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South China Sea, South-Africa, Spratly Islands, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Taiwan, Tansania, Thailand, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Cocos Islands / Keeling Islands, Timor, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna, Western Indian Ocean, Western Pacific Ocean, Yemen 

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:

0 - 10 Meter 

Size:

up to 6.3" (16 cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Amphipods, Copepods, Crustaceans, Food specialist, Krill, Living Food, Mysis, Schrimps, Zooplankton 

Tank:

44 gal (~ 200L)  

Difficulty:

Experts only! Very hard to keep 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Solenostomus armatus
  Geisterpfeiffenfisch
• 
  Solenostomus cyanopterus
  Robuster Geisterpfeifenfisch, Rauschnauzen-Geisterpfeifenfisch
• 
  Solenostomus halimeda
  Halimeda-Geisterpfeifenfisch
• 
  Solenostomus leptosoma
  Geisterpfeifenfisch
• 
  Solenostomus paegnius
  Geisterpfeifenfisch
• 
  Solenostomus paradoxus
  Harlekin-Geisterpfeifenfisch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2005-01-04 21:33:18 

Last edit:

2024-10-12 13:17:47 

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