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Myripristis vittata White-tipped Soldierfish, Whitetip soldierfish

Myripristis vittatais commonly referred to as White-tipped Soldierfish, Whitetip soldierfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Only for advanced aquarists. A aquarium size of at least 2000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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Foto: Bunaken Marine Nationalpark, Indonesien


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lexID:
2760 
AphiaID:
217924 
Scientific:
Myripristis vittata 
German:
Weißspitzen-Soldatenfisch 
English:
White-tipped Soldierfish, Whitetip Soldierfish 
Category:
Squirrels & Soldiers 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Beryciformes (Order) > Holocentridae (Family) > Myripristis (Genus) > vittata (Species) 
Initial determination:
Valenciennes, 1831 
Occurrence:
(the) Maldives, American Samoa, Ashmore and Cartier Islands, Australia, Bakers Island, Bali, Brunei Darussalam, Bunaken, China, Christmas Islands, Cook Islands, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), Corea, Fiji, Flores, French Polynesia, Gilbert Islands, Great Barrier Reef, Greater Sunda Islands, Guam, Hawaii, India, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Japan, Kiribati, Komodo (Komodo Island), Lesser Sunda Islands, Line Islands, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marquesas Islands, Marschall Islands, Mascarene Islands, Mauritius, Mayotte, Micronesia, Moluccas, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Ogasawara Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Phoenix Islands, Queensland (Australia), Raja Amat, Réunion , Samoa, Solomon Islands, Spitsbergen /Svalbard, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatra, Taiwan, The Bangai Archipelago, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Cocos Islands / Keeling Islands, the Seychelles, Timor, Togean Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuamoto Islands, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna, Western Australia, Western Indian Ocean, Western Pacific Ocean 
Marine Zone:
Supratidal (Supralitoral), spray water area (splash water area) above the tidal influence where the influence of the sea clearly outweighs that of the land. 
Sea depth:
3 - 100 Meter 
Habitats:
Coastal waters, Coral reefs, Inshore, Overhangs, Rocky outcrops, Rock ledges, Seawater, Sea water, Steep wall, Underwater caves, Underwater caverns 
Size:
up to 9.84" (25 cm) 
Weight:
119 g 
Temperature:
75.74 °F - 84.02 °F (24.3°C - 28.9°C) 
Food:
Crustaceans, Fish (little fishes), Zoobenthos, Zooplankton 
Tank:
439.96 gal (~ 2000L)  
Difficulty:
Only for advanced aquarists 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Least concern (LC)  
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2024-04-16 12:24:47 

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Myripristis vittata Valenciennes, 1831

Myripristis vittata is usually found in large aggregations in caves and rocky outcrops with steep slopes. It is a nocturnal fish that feeds on plankton.

The white-tip soldierfish often swims upside down, even when it is in shoals of animals that are not swimming upside down.

Synonymised names
Myripristis pahudi Bleeker, 1863 · unaccepted
Myripristis vittatus Valenciennes, 1831 · unaccepted (misspelling)

External links

  1. FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Copyright Prof. Dr. Robert A. Patzner
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Myripristis vittata
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Myripristis vittata - Weißspitzen-Soldatenfisch - White-tipped soldierfish - MLE - Thudufushi - Himandoo Thila; copyrightz by Aitsch-Pi
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