Terapon puta Small-scaled terapon

Terapon puta is commonly referred to as Small-scaled terapon. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. A aquarium size of at least 2500 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

9637 

AphiaID:

127078 

Scientific:

Terapon puta 

German:

Grunzbarsch 

English:

Small-scaled Terapon 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Terapontidae (Family) > Terapon (Genus) > puta (Species) 

Initial determination:

Cuvier, 1829 

Occurrence:

Vereinigte Arabische Emirate, Kuwait, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Arabian Sea, Australia, Bahrain, Egypt, Gulf of Oman / Oman, India, Indonesia, Irak, Malaysia, Mozambique, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Tansania, Thailand 

Sea depth:

- 30 Meter 

Size:

up to 6.3" (16 cm) 

Temperature:

24,8 °F - 29,3 °F (24,8°C - 29,3°C) 

Food:

Fish (little fishes), Food specialist 

Tank:

549.95 gal (~ 2500L)  

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Terapon jarbua
  Bogenstreifen-Tigerbarsch, Dreistreifen-Tigerbarsch, Grunzender Tigerbarsch
• 
  Terapon puta
  Grunzbarsch
• 
  Terapon theraps
  Gebänderter Grunzer, Gebänderter Grunzerbarsch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2016-04-13 10:31:26 

Last edit:

2022-02-20 17:55:14 

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