Pervagor spilosoma Fantail filefish

Pervagor spilosoma is commonly referred to as Fantail filefish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Only for advanced aquarists. A aquarium size of at least 850 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

432 

AphiaID:

279224 

Scientific:

Pervagor spilosoma 

German:

Fächerschwanzfeilenfisch 

English:

Fantail Filefish 

Category:

Filefishes 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Tetraodontiformes (Order) > Monacanthidae (Family) > Pervagor (Genus) > spilosoma (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Lay & Bennett, ), 1839 

Occurrence:

Eastern Pacific Ocean, Hawaii, Johnston Atoll 

Sea depth:

6 - 730 Meter 

Size:

7.09" - 7.48" (18cm - 19cm) 

Temperature:

41.9 °F - 82.4 °F (5.5°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), Flakes, Frozen Food (large sort), Krill, Mysis, Sea urchins, Snails 

Tank:

186.98 gal (~ 850L)  

Difficulty:

Only for advanced aquarists 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Pervagor alternans
  Gelbaugen-Feilenfisch
• 
  Pervagor aspricaudus
  Orangeschwanz-Feilenfisch
• 
  Pervagor janthinosoma
  Blauer Rotschwanzfeilenfisch
• 
  Pervagor marginalis
  Marquesas-Feilenfisch
• 
  Pervagor melanocephalus
  Schwarzkopf-Feilenfisch, Rotschwanz Feilenfisch
• 
  Pervagor nigrolineatus
  Weißlinien-Feilenfisch
• 
  Pervagor randalli
  Feilenfisch
• 
  Pervagor spilosoma
  Fächerschwanzfeilenfisch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2004-09-04 20:04:09 

Last edit:

2020-04-26 21:40:54 

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