Aphareus furca Small toothed jobfish

Aphareus furcais commonly referred to as Small toothed jobfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. A aquarium size of at least 20000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Has a poison harmful to health.

Profile

lexID:

3721 

AphiaID:

218470 

Scientific:

Aphareus furca 

German:

Gabelschwanz-Schnapper 

English:

Small Toothed Jobfish 

Category:

Snappers 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Lutjanidae (Family) > Aphareus (Genus) > furca (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Lacepède, ), 1801 

Occurrence:

Vereinigte Arabische Emirate, Djibouti, Eritrea, Sudan, (the) Maldives, American Samoa, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Christmas Islands, Comores, Cook Islands, East Africa, Eastern Pacific Ocean, Egypt, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Gulf of Oman / Oman, Hawaii, India, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Johnston Atoll, Kenya, Kiribati, Lord Howe Island, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Micronesia, Myanmar, Nauru, New Caledonia, Northern Mariana Islands, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Pitcairn Islands, Réunion , Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South-Africa, Sri Lanka, Sumatra, Tahiti, Taiwan, Tansania, Thailand, The Bangai Archipelago, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Cocos Islands / Keeling Islands, the Seychelles, Timor, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Yemen 

Sea depth:

1 - 122 Meter 

Size:

9.84" - 27.56" (25cm - 70cm) 

Temperature:

73.4 °F - 80.6 °F (23°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Crustaceans, Fish (little fishes), Flakes, Frozen Food (large sort) 

Tank:

4399.57 gal (~ 20000L)  

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Has a poison harmful to health 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Aphareus furca
  Gabelschwanz-Schnapper
• Aphareus rutilans

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2011-05-23 16:04:18 

Last edit:

2019-11-25 19:34:09 

Toxicity

This is a general hint!
Aphareus furca has a harmful toxin.
As a rule, animals with a harmful poison do not pose mortal danger in normal Aquarieaner everyday life. Read the following husbandry information and comments from aquarists who already keep Aphareus furca in their aquarium to get a better picture about the possible danger. However, please be careful when using Aphareus furca. Every human reacts differently to poisons.
If you suspect that you have come into contact with the poison, please contact your doctor or the poison emergency call.
The phone number of the poison emergency call can be found here:
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Overview Worldwide: eapcct.org

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