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Chaetodon pictus Horseshoe butterflyfish

Chaetodon pictusis commonly referred to as Horseshoe butterflyfish . Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


Profilbild Urheber Richard und Mary Field, Malta

Foto: Daymanyat islands, Golf von Oman, 2002


Courtesy of the author Richard und Mary Field, Malta

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lexID:
9967 
AphiaID:
302747 
Scientific:
Chaetodon pictus 
German:
Falterfisch 
English:
Horseshoe Butterflyfish  
Category:
Butterflyfishes 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Chaetodontidae (Family) > Chaetodon (Genus) > pictus (Species) 
Initial determination:
Forsskål, 1775 
Occurrence:
Eritrea, Vereinigte Arabische Emirate, Djibouti, Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Oman / Oman, Iran, Pakistan, Somalia, Yemen 
Sea depth:
1 - 30 Meter 
Size:
up to 7.87" (20 cm) 
Temperature:
32 °F - 80.6 °F (0°C - 27°C) 
Food:
Coral polyps = corallivorous, Food specialist 
Difficulty:
There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 
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:
2016-10-02 17:28:41 

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Forsskål, 1775

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopteri (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Percoidei (Suborder) > Chaetodontidae (Family) > Chaetodon (Genus) > Chaetodon pictus (Species)

External links

  1. Encyclodedia of Life (EOL) (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  4. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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