Paranthias furcifer Creole-fish

Paranthias furcifer is commonly referred to as Creole-fish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Average. A aquarium size of at least 3000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

4486 

AphiaID:

282084 

Scientific:

Paranthias furcifer 

German:

Kreolenbarsch 

English:

Creole-fish 

Category:

Fancy Sea Bass (Anthias) 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Serranidae (Family) > Paranthias (Genus) > furcifer (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Valenciennes, ), 1828 

Occurrence:

Belize, Bermuda, Brazil, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, East-Atlantic Ocean, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico (East Pacific), Puerto Rico, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, the Cayman Islands, USA, Venezuela, West-Atlantic Ocean 

Sea depth:

8 - 100 Meter 

Size:

7.87" - 11.81" (20cm - 30cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 78.8 °F (22°C - 26°C) 

Food:

Cyclops, Invertebrates, Krill, Living Food, Mysis, Schrimps, Shrimps, Zooplankton 

Tank:

659.94 gal (~ 3000L)  

Difficulty:

Average 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Paranthias colonus
• 
  Paranthias furcifer
  Kreolenbarsch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2012-07-31 22:55:54 

Last edit:

2017-01-09 16:11:11 

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