Pseudalutarius nasicornis Rhinoceros Filefish , Rhinoceros Leatherjacket

Pseudalutarius nasicornis is commonly referred to as Rhinoceros Filefish , Rhinoceros Leatherjacket. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not for beginners. A aquarium size of at least 1000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

3055 

AphiaID:

220074 

Scientific:

Pseudalutarius nasicornis 

German:

Nashorn-Feilenfisch 

English:

Rhinoceros Filefish , Rhinoceros Leatherjacket 

Category:

Filefishes 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Tetraodontiformes (Order) > Monacanthidae (Family) > Pseudalutarius (Genus) > nasicornis (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Temminck & Schlegel, ), 1850 

Occurrence:

Ashmore and Cartier Islands, Australia, China, Comores, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), Corea, Guam, India, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, Lesser Sunda Islands, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mozambique, Myanmar, New Caledonia, Northern Mariana Islands, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Réunion , Somalia, South-Africa, Spratly Islands, Sumatra, Tansania, Thailand, the Seychelles, Timor, Western Indian Ocean 

Sea depth:

1 - 55 Meter 

Size:

up to 7.48" (19 cm) 

Temperature:

73.4 °F - 80.6 °F (23°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), Amphipods, Brine Shrimps, Copepods, Crustaceans, Daphnia salina, Krill, Mysis, Zooplankton 

Tank:

219.98 gal (~ 1000L)  

Difficulty:

Not for beginners 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

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  Pseudalutarius nasicornis
  Nashorn-Feilenfisch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2010-03-04 22:57:43 

Last edit:

2018-10-31 09:50:40 

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