Parapriacanthus ransonneti Pygmy sweeper

Parapriacanthus ransonneti is commonly referred to as Pygmy sweeper. Difficulty in the aquarium: Easy. A aquarium size of at least 500 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

3426 

AphiaID:

218698 

Scientific:

Parapriacanthus ransonneti 

German:

Goldener Glasfisch 

English:

Pygmy Sweeper 

Category:

Sweeper 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Pempheridae (Family) > Parapriacanthus (Genus) > ransonneti (Species) 

Initial determination:

Steindachner, 1870 

Occurrence:

(the) Maldives, Admiralty Islands, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, Corea, Fiji, Gulf of Oman / Oman, India, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Lord Howe Island, Madagascar, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Mayotte, Micronesia, Mozambique, New Caledonia, Norfolk Island, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Raja Amat, Red Sea, Réunion , South-Africa, Sulawesi, Sumatra, Taiwan, The Bangai Archipelago, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Seychelles, Timor, Togean Islands, Vietnam, Yemen 

Sea depth:

3 - 30 Meter 

Size:

3.15" - 3.94" (8cm - 10cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Plankton, Zooplankton 

Tank:

109.99 gal (~ 500L)  

Difficulty:

Easy 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Parapriacanthus dispar
  Beilfisch, Glasfisch
• 
  Parapriacanthus elongatus
  Glasfisch, Beilfisch
• Parapriacanthus marei
• 
  Parapriacanthus ransonneti
  Goldener Glasfisch

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Parapriacanthus argenteus
  Beilfisch, Glasfisch
• 
  Parapriacanthus darros
  Glasfisch, Beilfisch
• 
  Parapriacanthus guentheri
  Beilfisch, Glasfisch
• 
  Parapriacanthus kwazulu
  Beilfisch, Glasfisch
• 
  Parapriacanthus punctulatus
  Beilbauchfisch, Glasfisch
• 
  Parapriacanthus sharm
  Beilfisch, Glasfisch
• 
  Parapriacanthus sp.
  Glasfisch, Beilfisch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2010-12-09 14:58:51 

Last edit:

2022-08-04 21:30:26 

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