Amanses scopas Broom Filefish, Broom Leatherjacket, Brush-sided Leatherjacket

Amanses scopasis commonly referred to as Broom Filefish, Broom Leatherjacket, Brush-sided Leatherjacket. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not for beginners. A aquarium size of at least 1000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

3399 

AphiaID:

212242 

Scientific:

Amanses scopas 

German:

Besen-/Bürsten Feilenfisch 

English:

Broom Filefish, Broom Leatherjacket, Brush-sided Leatherjacket 

Category:

Filefishes 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Tetraodontiformes (Order) > Monacanthidae (Family) > Amanses (Genus) > scopas (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Cuvier, ), 1829 

Occurrence:

Eritrea, Djibouti, Sudan, (the) Maldives, American Samoa, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Ashmore and Cartier Islands, Australia, Bakers Island, Bali, China, Christmas Islands, Comores, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), Corea, East Africa, Eastern Indian Ocean, Egypt, Fiji, Florida, French Polynesia, Gilbert Islands, Great Barrier Reef, Guam, Howland Island, India, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Komodo (Komodo Island), Line Islands, Lord Howe Island, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Mayotte, Micronesia, Mozambique, Myanmar, New Caledonia, New South Wales (Australia), Niue, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua, Papua New Guinea, Paracel-Islands, Philippines, Raja Amat, Red Sea, Réunion , Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Spratly Islands, Sri Lanka, Sumatra, Taiwan, Tansania, Tasman Sea, Thailand, The Bangai Archipelago, the Seychelles, the Society Islands, Timor, Timor Sea, Togean Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuamoto Islands, Tuvalu, United States Minor Outlying Islands, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna, Western Australia, Yemen 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

3 - 18 Meter 

Size:

up to 7.87" (20 cm) 

Temperature:

76.82 °F - 84.74 °F (24.9°C - 29.3°C) 

Food:

Coral polyps = corallivorous 

Tank:

219.98 gal (~ 1000L)  

Difficulty:

Not for beginners 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Amanses scopas
  Besen-/Bürsten Feilenfisch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2010-11-28 19:55:26 

Last edit:

2023-07-30 16:57:01 

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