Plesiops cephalotaenia Northern devilfish

Plesiops cephalotaenia is commonly referred to as Northern devilfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Average. A aquarium size of at least 250 Liter is recommended.

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lexID:

157 

AphiaID:

276812 

Scientific:

Plesiops cephalotaenia 

German:

Mirakelbarsch 

English:

Northern Devilfish 

Category:

Roundheads 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Plesiopidae (Family) > Plesiops (Genus) > cephalotaenia (Species) 

Initial determination:

Inger, 1955 

Occurrence:

New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Western Pacific Ocean 

Size:

1.97" - 2.36" (5cm - 6cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 80.6 °F (22°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Frozen Food (large sort) 

Tank:

54.99 gal (~ 250L)  

Difficulty:

Average 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Plesiops auritus
• 
  Plesiops cephalotaenia
  Mirakelbarsch
• 
  Plesiops coeruleolineatus
  Kleiner Mirakelbarsch
• 
  Plesiops corallicola
  Blaukiemen-Mirakelbarsch
• Plesiops facicavus
• Plesiops genaricus
• Plesiops gracilis
• Plesiops insularis
• Plesiops malalaxus
• Plesiops multisquamata
• Plesiops mystaxus
• Plesiops nakaharae
• 
  Plesiops nigricans
  Schwarzer Mirakelbarsch
• 
  Plesiops oxycephalus
  Mirakelbarsch
• Plesiops polydactylus
• Plesiops thysanopterus
• Plesiops verecundus
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2004-08-25 21:34:40 

Last edit:

2004-11-06 21:17:02 

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