Pristiapogon kallopterus Spinyhead Cardinalfish, Iridescent Cardinalfish, Kallopterus Cardinalfish, Spiny-head Cardinal, Spiny-head Cardinalfish

Pristiapogon kallopterusis commonly referred to as Spinyhead Cardinalfish, Iridescent Cardinalfish, Kallopterus Cardinalfish, Spiny-head Cardinal, Spiny-head Cardinalfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Average. A aquarium size of at least 1000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

7846 

AphiaID:

712696 

Scientific:

Pristiapogon kallopterus 

German:

Kardinalbarsch 

English:

Spinyhead Cardinalfish, Iridescent Cardinalfish, Kallopterus Cardinalfish, Spiny-head Cardinal, Spiny-head Cardinalfish 

Category:

Cardinalfishes 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Apogonidae (Family) > Pristiapogon (Genus) > kallopterus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Bleeker, ), 1856 

Occurrence:

(the) Maldives, American Samoa, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Ashmore and Cartier Islands, Austral Islands, Australia, Bali, Caroline Island, Christmas Islands, Comores, Cook Islands, East China Sea, Eastern Indian Ocean, Egypt, Fiji, French Polynesia, Great Barrier Reef, Guam, Hawaii, India, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Johnston Atoll, Jordan, Lord Howe Island, Madagascar, Marquesas Islands, Marschall Islands, Maumere, Mauritius, Mayotte, Micronesia, Moluccas, Mozambique, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Niue, Norfolk Island, Northern Mariana Islands, Northern Territory (Australia), Ogasawara Islands, Palau, Papua, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Pitcairn Islands, Queensland (Australia), Raja Amat, Rapa, Red Sea, Réunion , Rodriguez, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, South-Africa, Sumatra, Tahiti, Taiwan, Tansania, The Bangai Archipelago, the Cargados Carajos Shoals, the Caribbean, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Cocos Islands / Keeling Islands, the Seychelles, the Society Islands, Timor, Timor Sea, Togean Islands, Tonga, Tuamoto Islands, Wake Atoll, Western Australia 

Sea depth:

3 - 158 Meter 

Size:

up to 6.1" (15.5 cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Copepods, Crabs, Fish (little fishes), Isopods, Krill, Mysis, Ostracodes (seed shrimps), Rock shrimps, Schrimps, Shrimps, Snails, Zoobenthos, Zooplankton 

Tank:

219.98 gal (~ 1000L)  

Difficulty:

Average 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Pristiapogon abrogramma
  Kardinalbarsch
• 
  Pristiapogon exostigma
  Augenschatten-Kardinalbarsch
• 
  Pristiapogon fraenatus
  Kardinabarsch
• 
  Pristiapogon kallopterus
  Kardinalbarsch
• 
  Pristiapogon taeniopterus
  Kardinalbarsch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2015-01-10 11:23:08 

Last edit:

2020-03-08 22:17:45 

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