Plectrypops lima Shy soldier

Plectrypops limais commonly referred to as Shy soldier. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

9428 

AphiaID:

217937 

Scientific:

Plectrypops lima 

German:

Soldatenfisch 

English:

Shy Soldier 

Category:

Squirrels & Soldiers 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Beryciformes (Order) > Holocentridae (Family) > Plectrypops (Genus) > lima (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Valenciennes, ), 1831 

Occurrence:

Cocos Island (Costa Rica), American Samoa, Australia, Chile, Christmas Islands, Comores, Cook Islands, East-Atlantic Ocean, Easter Island (Rapa Nui), Fiji, French Polynesia, Great Barrier Reef, Guam, Hawaii, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Lord Howe Island, Madagascar, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Mayotte, Micronesia, Moluccas, Mozambique, New Caledonia, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Panama, Papua, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, South-Africa, Taiwan, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Seychelles, Tonga, Western Indian Ocean 

Size:

up to 6.3" (16 cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 84.2 °F (22°C - 29°C) 

Food:

Crustaceans, Fish (little fishes), Krill, Mysis, Schrimps, Zoobenthos, Zooplankton 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Plectrypops lima
  Soldatenfisch
• 
  Plectrypops retrospinis
  Soldatenfisch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2016-03-03 20:47:53 

Last edit:

2016-03-03 20:47:53 

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