Lagocephalus lunaris Lunartail puffer

Lagocephalus lunarisis commonly referred to as Lunartail puffer. Difficulty in the aquarium: Veldig vanskelig. A aquarium size of at least 2000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Highly toxic.

Profile

lexID:

5189 

AphiaID:

219957 

Scientific:

Lagocephalus lunaris 

German:

Kugelfisch 

English:

Lunartail Puffer 

Category:

Kulefisk  

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Tetraodontiformes (Order) > Tetraodontidae (Family) > Lagocephalus (Genus) > lunaris (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Bloch & Schneider, ), 1801 

Occurrence:

Hong Kong, Kuwait, (the) Maldives, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Arabian Sea, Australia, China, Corea, East-Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Oman / Oman, India, Indonesia, Japan, Mauritius, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Red Sea, South Atlantic, South-Africa, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, Western Pacific Ocean 

Size:

up to 17.72" (45 cm) 

Temperature:

68 °F - 80.6 °F (20°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Clam meat, Fish (little fishes), Frozen Food (large sort), Insects, Krill, Mosquito larvae, Snails 

Tank:

439.96 gal (~ 2000L)  

Difficulty:

Veldig vanskelig 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Highly toxic 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Lagocephalus cheesemanii
• Lagocephalus gloveri
• Lagocephalus guentheri
• Lagocephalus inermis
• Lagocephalus laevigatus
• Lagocephalus lagocephalus
• 
  Lagocephalus lunaris
  Kugelfisch
• 
  Lagocephalus sceleratus
  Hasenkopf-Kugelfisch
• 
  Lagocephalus spadiceus
  Kugelfisch
• Lagocephalus suezensis
• Lagocephalus wheeleri
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-03-21 20:35:08 

Last edit:

2013-03-21 20:35:08 

Toxicity

Lagocephalus lunaris is (very) poisonous and the poison can kill you under circumstances!!!
If you want to keep Lagocephalus lunaris, inform yourself about the poison and its effects before buying. Keep a note with the telephone number of the poison emergency call and all necessary information about the animal next to your aquarium so that you can be helped quickly in an emergency.
The telephone numbers of the poison emergency call can be found here:
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Overview Worldwide: eapcct.org

This message appears for poisonous, very poisonous and also animals whose poison can kill you immediately. Every human reacts differently to poisons. Please therefore weigh the risk for yourself AND your environment very carefully, and never act lightly!

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