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Siphamia tubulata Siphonfish, Pipe Siphonfish

Siphamia tubulata is commonly referred to as Siphonfish, Pipe Siphonfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profilbild Urheber Keisuke Imamura, Japan

Foto: Kashiwajima, Kochi, Japan

License: CC by Attribution / https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/de/ / https://zukan.com/fish/leaf53670 1,5cm Länge, September 2014, 15 Meter Tiefe
Courtesy of the author Keisuke Imamura, Japan

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lexID:
14691 
AphiaID:
277709 
Scientific:
Siphamia tubulata 
German:
Kardinalbarsch 
English:
Siphonfish, Pipe Siphonfish 
Category:
Kardinalfisk 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopteri (Class) > Kurtiformes (Order) > Apogonidae (Family) > Siphamia (Genus) > tubulata (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Weber, ), 1909 
Occurrence:
Fiji, Indonesia, Japan, Lesser Sunda Islands, Northern Territory (Australia), Papua, Papua New Guinea, Western Australia 
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:
15 - 30 Meter 
Habitats:
Sandy sea floors, Unconsolidated muddy grounds 
Size:
up to 1.97" (5 cm) 
Temperature:
70.16 °F - 81.68 °F (21.2°C - 27.6°C) 
Food:
Amphipods, Carnivore, Copepods, Daphnia salina, Fish larvae, Invertebrates, Mysis, 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:
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2022-04-18 14:33:11 

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Siphamia tubulata (Weber, 1909)

Siphamia tubulata has a silvery body and is speckled with reddish-brown spots .

Adults live near the shore over soft bottoms near the reef.

FishBase states that the Cardinalfish is usually solitary, according to Rudie H. Kuiters book "Cardinalfishes of the World" the perch forms smaller groups in stands of soft corals and among the spines of long-spined sea urchins, a photo confirms this.

Depth data for the species also vary:
FishBase: 25 - 30 meters
Fishes of Australia: 15 - 30 meters

In any case, the species and its biology do not seem to be sufficiently studied.

Synonymised names:
Apogon tubulatus Weber, 1909 · unaccepted

External links

  1. Cardinalfishes of the World (en). Abgerufen am 09.04.2022.
  2. Fishes of Australia (en). Abgerufen am 09.04.2022.
  3. Flickr (en). Abgerufen am 05.07.2024.
  4. Keisuke Imamura, Web Fish Picture Book (multi). Abgerufen am 09.04.2022.

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Juvenile

Foto: Kashiwajima, Kochi, Japan

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