Cheilodipterus singapurensis Truncate cardinalfish

Cheilodipterus singapurensis is commonly referred to as Truncate cardinalfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Dr. Klaus M. Stiefel, Philippinen

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Scientific:: Cheilodipterus singapurensis
German:: Kardinalbarsch
English:: Truncate Cardinalfish

Category:: Kardinalfisk

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Apogonidae (Family) > Cheilodipterus (Genus) > singapurensis (Species)
Initial determination:: Bleeker, 1860

Occurrence:: Australia, Caroline Island, Celebes Sea, China, Indonesia, Java, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, Micronesia, New Caledonia, Palau, Papua, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Raja Amat, Singapore, Sumatra, Taiwan, Vietnam
Size:: up to 7.09" (18 cm)
Temperature:: °F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C)
Food:: Amphipods, Copepods, Crustaceans, Daphnia salina, Fish (little fishes), Fish larvae, Invertebrates, Krill, Mysis, Schrimps, Zoobenthos, Zooplankton
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

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2016-03-27 17:49:35
Last edit:: 2016-03-27 17:49:35

Info

Bleeker, 1860

The Truncate cardinalfish inhabits lagoon reefs and silty habitats in among boulders in seagrass areas; juveniles cardinalfishes live among urchin spines.
Cheilodipterus singapurensis occurs solitary in a depth range of 2 to 10 meters and it is a nocturnal species.

Synonyms:
Cheilodipterus pseudosubulatus Hardenberg, 1948
Cheilodipterus subulatus Weber, 1909
Cheilodipterus truncatus Günther, 1873
Chilodipterus truncatus Günther, 1873

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopteri (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Percoidei (Suborder) > Apogonidae (Family) > Apogoninae (Subfamily) > Cheilodipterus (Genus) > Cheilodipterus singapurensis (Species)

External links

Encyclodedia of Life (EOL) (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
FishBase (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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