Brachaluteres jacksonianus Southern Pygmy Leatherjacket, Pigmy Leatherjacket, Pygmy Leatherjacket

Brachaluteres jacksonianus is commonly referred to as Southern Pygmy Leatherjacket, Pigmy Leatherjacket, Pygmy Leatherjacket. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not for beginners. A aquarium size of at least 1000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

5788 

AphiaID:

279951 

Scientific:

Brachaluteres jacksonianus 

German:

Feilenfisch 

English:

Southern Pygmy Leatherjacket, Pigmy Leatherjacket, Pygmy Leatherjacket 

Category:

Filfisk 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Tetraodontiformes (Order) > Monacanthidae (Family) > Brachaluteres (Genus) > jacksonianus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Quoy & Gaimard, ), 1824 

Occurrence:

Australia, Endemic species, Gulf of Aqaba / Gulf of Eliat, Israel, New South Wales (Australia), Queensland (Australia), Red Sea, Tasmania (Australia), 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:

1 - 40 Meter 

Size:

up to 3.54" (9 cm) 

Temperature:

68 °F - 82.4 °F (20°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Aiptasia, Amphipods, Brachionus, Brine Shrimp Nauplii, Coral polyps = corallivorous, Krill, omnivore 

Tank:

219.98 gal (~ 1000L)  

Difficulty:

Not for beginners 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Brachaluteres jacksonianus
  Feilenfisch
• 
  Brachaluteres taylori
  Taylors Feilenfisch, Taylors Zwergfeilenfisch
• 
  Brachaluteres ulvarum
  Pygmäen-Feilenfisch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-07-22 17:34:24 

Last edit:

2020-11-29 16:00:21 

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