Trichonotus marleyi Sand Diver

Trichonotus marleyi is commonly referred to as Sand Diver. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

10559 

AphiaID:

219161 

Scientific:

Trichonotus marleyi 

German:

Sandtaucher 

English:

Sand Diver 

Category:

Sand diver 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Trichonotidae (Family) > Trichonotus (Genus) > marleyi (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Smith, ), 1936 

Occurrence:

East Africa, Mozambique, South-Africa, the Seychelles, Western Indian Ocean 

Sea depth:

20 - 68 Meter 

Size:

up to 7.48" (19 cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 80.6 °F (°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Invertebrates, 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 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Trichonotus arabicus
• Trichonotus blochii
• Trichonotus cyclograptus
• 
  Trichonotus elegans
  Fadenflossen-Sandtaucher, Lang-Strahlen Sandtaucher
• 
  Trichonotus filamentosus
  Sandtaucher
• 
  Trichonotus halstead
  Sandtaucher
• 
  Trichonotus marleyi
  Sandtaucher
• 
  Trichonotus nikii
  Rotmeer-Sandtaucher
• 
  Trichonotus setiger
  Sandtaucher
• Trichonotus somaliensis

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2017-03-20 15:14:26 

Last edit:

2017-03-21 16:16:55 

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