Stephanolepis aurata Porky

Stephanolepis aurata is commonly referred to as Porky. 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:

12308 

AphiaID:

220077 

Scientific:

Stephanolepis aurata 

German:

Feilenfisch 

English:

Porky 

Category:

Filefishes 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Teleostei (Class) > Tetraodontiformes (Order) > Monacanthidae (Family) > Stephanolepis (Genus) > aurata (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Castelnau, ), 1861 

Occurrence:

East Africa, Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique, Somalia, South America, Tansania, Western Indian Ocean, Yemen, Zanzibar 

Sea depth:

7,5 - 68 Meter 

Habitats:

Seagrass meadows, Eelgrass Meadows, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

up to 11.02" (28 cm) 

Temperature:

73.4 °F - 24,7 °F (23°C - 24,7°C) 

Food:

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:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Stephanolepis auratus
• 
  Stephanolepis cirrhifer
  Feilenfisch
• 
  Stephanolepis diaspros
  Feilenfisch
• Stephanolepis hispidus
• 
  Stephanolepis setifer
  Feilenfisch

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Stephanolepis aurata
  Feilenfisch
• 
  Stephanolepis hispida
  Brauner Feilenfisch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2019-08-12 22:47:59 

Last edit:

2024-05-04 16:07:27 

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