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Roa haraguchiae White-spine Butterflyfish

Roa haraguchiae is commonly referred to as White-spine 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 Dr. Hiroshi Senou, Japan

Foto: Suruga-Bucht, Osezaki, Präfektur Shizuoka, Japan

Foto von Mr. Akihiko Mishiku Foto in 67 Metern Wassertiefe aufgenommen provided by Kanagawa Perfectual Museum of Natural History, Japan
Courtesy of the author Dr. Hiroshi Senou, Japan

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lexID:
12806 
AphiaID:
1421692 
Scientific:
Roa haraguchiae 
German:
Falterfisch 
English:
White-spine Butterflyfish 
Category:
Butterflyfishes 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Chaetodontidae (Family) > Roa (Genus) > haraguchiae (Species) 
Initial determination:
Uejo, Senou & Motomura, 2020 
Occurrence:
East China Sea, Japan, Philippines, Taiwan 
Sea depth:
37 - 162 Meter 
Size:
2.36" - 3.54" (6,32cm - 9,28cm) 
Temperature:
19,5 °F - 23,5 °F (19,5°C - 23,5°C) 
Food:
Copepods, Food specialist, 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:
 
More related species
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2022-07-08 10:30:38 

Info

Very special thanks to Dr. Hiroshi Senou, Kanagawa Perfectual Museum of Natural History, Japan, for the first photo of Roa haraguchiae.
Mr. Akihiko Mishiku has taken this picture in the Suruga-Bay, Osezaki, Shizuoka, Japan, in a depth of 67 meters.

Knows Roa-species:
Roa australis
Roa excelsa
Roa haraguchiae
Roa jayakari
Roa modestus
Roa rumsfeldi

Source.
Ichthyological Research
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10228-020-00735-9
Roa haraguchiae, a new species of butterflyfish (Teleostei: Perciformes:
Chaetodontidae) from Japan and the Philippines
Autoren: Takuya Uejo, Hiroshi Senou, Hiroyuki Motomura
Received: 26 December 2019 / Revised: 23 January 2020 / Accepted: 23 January 2020
© The Ichthyological Society of Japan 2020

External links

  1. First record of butterflyfish, Roa haraguchiae (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Chaetodontidae), from northeast Taiwan (en). Abgerufen am 08.07.2022.
  2. Roa haraguchiae, a new species of butterflyfish (Teleostei: Perciformes: Chaetodontidae) from Japan and the Philippines (en). Abgerufen am 08.07.2022.
  3. Species New to Science (en). Abgerufen am 08.07.2022.
  4. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 08.07.2022.

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Juvenile

Foto: Suruga-Bucht, Osezaki, Präfektur Shizuoka, Japan

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