Chaetodon andamanensis Chaetodon andamanensis

Chaetodon andamanensisis commonly referred to as Chaetodon andamanensis. Difficulty in the aquarium: Only for advanced aquarists. A aquarium size of at least 800 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:: 1437
AphiaID:: 273323

Scientific:: Chaetodon andamanensis
German:: Andaman-Falterfisch
English:: Chaetodon Andamanensis

Category:: Butterflyfishes

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Chaetodontidae (Family) > Chaetodon (Genus) > andamanensis (Species)
Initial determination:: Kuiter & Debelius, 1999

Occurrence:: (the) Maldives, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Sumatra, Thailand
Sea depth:: 10 - 40 Meter
Size:: up to 5.91" (15 cm)
Temperature:: 71.6 °F - 80.6 °F (22°C - 27°C)
Food:: Coral polyps = corallivorous, Food specialist
Tank:: 175.98 gal (~ 800L)
Difficulty:: Only for advanced aquarists
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Data deficient (DD)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

More related species in this lexicon:

Chaetodon sp.
Falterfisch

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2005-05-01 14:38:51
Last edit:: 2005-05-15 17:41:33

Info

Kuiter & Debelius, 1999

Remarks:

Butterflyfish are not recommended for reefs as they will pick at or eat a wide variety of corals, fan worms, and other invertebrates. Most Butterflyfish are known to pick at Aiptaisia, a parasitic anemone.

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopteri (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Percoidei (Suborder) > Chaetodontidae (Family) > Chaetodon (Genus) > Chaetodon andamanensis (Species)

External links

FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Indian Ocean, Maldives to Andaman Sea; 15 cm; uncommon Close to C.plebeius, and lacks the blue spot on side; juveniles similar to that of C.semeion, but have a white edge anteriorly to the black spot; hard to keep; polyp feeder

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