Cristiceps australis Crested Weedfish, Southern Crested Weedfish, Weed Fish

Cristiceps australis is commonly referred to as Crested Weedfish, Southern Crested Weedfish, Weed Fish. 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:

12003 

AphiaID:

276604 

Scientific:

Cristiceps australis 

German:

Klippfisch 

English:

Crested Weedfish, Southern Crested Weedfish, Weed Fish 

Category:

Clinoid Blennies 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Clinidae (Family) > Cristiceps (Genus) > australis (Species) 

Initial determination:

Valenciennes, 1836 

Occurrence:

Australia, Endemic species, Houtman Abrolhos (Abrolhos Islands), New South Wales (Australia), South Australia, Tasmania (Australia), Western Australia 

Sea depth:

0 - 40 Meter 

Size:

up to 7.09" (18 cm) 

Temperature:

52.52 °F - 72.14 °F (11.4°C - 22.3°C) 

Food:

Amphipods, Carnivore, Copepods, Daphnia salina, Invertebrates, Krill, Mysis, Zooplankton 

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:

• 
  Cristiceps argyropleura
  Klippfisch
• 
  Cristiceps aurantiacus
  Goldener Seegrasfisch
• 
  Cristiceps australis
  Klippfisch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2019-03-06 22:52:20 

Last edit:

2019-03-08 14:11:21 

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