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Actinopyga echinites Deep-water redfish, Brownfish

Actinopyga echinites is commonly referred to as Deep-water redfish, Brownfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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lexID:
7529 
AphiaID:
208947 
Scientific:
Actinopyga echinites 
German:
Braune Seewalze 
English:
Deep-water Redfish, Brownfish 
Category:
Søargurker 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Holothuroidea (Class) > Holothuriida (Order) > Holothuriidae (Family) > Actinopyga (Genus) > echinites (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Jaeger, ), 1833 
Occurrence:
Eritrea, Sudan, (the) Maldives, American Samoa, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Columbia, Comores, Cook Islands, Egypt, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, India, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Mayotte, Micronesia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Red Sea, Réunion , Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Tahiti, Tansania, Thailand, the Seychelles, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna, 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 - 12 Meter 
Habitats:
Sandy sea floors, Seawater, Sea water, Soft grounds 
Size:
4.72" - 14.17" (12cm - 36cm) 
Weight:
1 kg 
Temperature:
77 °F - 29,3 °F (25°C - 29,3°C) 
Food:
Bacteria (Bacterioplankton), Detritus, Diatoms, Sediment feeder 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Vulnerable (VU) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2026-01-31 19:17:46 

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Actinopyga echinites (Jaeger, 1833)

Synonymised names
Actinopyga caroliniana Tan Tiu, 1981 · unaccepted
Actinopyga plebeja (Selenka, 1867) · unaccepted
Holothuria (Holothuria) echinites Jaeger, 1833 · unaccepted
Muelleria echinites Jaeger, 1833 · unaccepted
Muelleria plebeja Selenka, 1867 · unaccepted

Direct children (2)
Subspecies Actinopyga echinites crassa Panning, 1944 accepted as Actinopyga crassa Panning, 1944
Variety Actinopyga echinites var. bertini Domantay, 1953 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)

External links

  1. grokipedia (en). Abgerufen am 31.01.2026.
  2. SeaLifeBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 31.01.2026.

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