Labrus mixtus Cuckoo wrasse

Labrus mixtus is commonly referred to as Cuckoo wrasse. Difficulty in the aquarium: Average. A aquarium size of at least 3000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

1308 

AphiaID:

151501 

Scientific:

Labrus mixtus 

German:

Kuckucks-Lippfisch 

English:

Cuckoo Wrasse 

Category:

Gylter 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Labridae (Family) > Labrus (Genus) > mixtus (Species) 

Initial determination:

Linnaeus, 1758 

Occurrence:

Straße von Gibraltar, West Sahara, Tunesien, Algeria, Azores, East-Atlantic Ocean, Egypt, European Coasts, Madeira, Morocco, Portugal, Scandinavia, Senegal, Spain, the British Isles, the Mediterranean Sea 

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:

2 - 200 Meter 

Size:

up to 15.75" (40 cm) 

Temperature:

17,1 °F - 78.8 °F (17,1°C - 26°C) 

Food:

Clams, Crustaceans, Fish (little fishes), Flakes, Frozen Food (large sort), Mysis, Snails 

Tank:

659.94 gal (~ 3000L)  

Difficulty:

Average 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Labrus bergylta
  Gefleckter Lippfisch
• 
  Labrus merula
  Brauner Junker
• 
  Labrus mixtus
  Kuckucks-Lippfisch
• 
  Labrus viridis
  Grüner Lippfisch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2005-02-18 14:50:19 

Last edit:

2005-08-20 16:28:02 

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