Samaris cristatus Cockatoo righteye flounder

Samaris cristatus is commonly referred to as Cockatoo righteye flounder. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

7060 

AphiaID:

219818 

Scientific:

Samaris cristatus 

German:

Kakaduflunder 

English:

Cockatoo Righteye Flounder 

Category:

Fladfisk 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Pleuronectiformes (Order) > Samaridae (Family) > Samaris (Genus) > cristatus (Species) 

Initial determination:

Gray, 1831 

Occurrence:

Hong Kong, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, Cambodia, China, East Africa, Great Barrier Reef, India, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Lembeh Strait, Malaysia, Mozambique, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Red Sea, Somalia, South America, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tansania, Thailand, Vietnam 

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:

20 - 114 Meter 

Habitats:

Sandy sea floors, Seawater, Sea water, Soft grounds 

Size:

6.3" - 8.66" (16cm - 22,3cm) 

Weight:

54 g 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 28,6 °F (22°C - 28,6°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Invertebrates, Mysis, Predatory, Schrimps, Zoobenthos 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Samaris chesterfieldensis
• Samaris costae
• 
  Samaris cristatus
  Kakaduflunder
• Samaris macrolepis
• Samaris spinea

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-04-24 20:13:15 

Last edit:

2025-09-11 20:14:37 

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