Latropiscis purpurissatus Sergeant Baker, Australian Aulopus

Latropiscis purpurissatus is commonly referred to as Sergeant Baker, Australian Aulopus. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

5825 

AphiaID:

318742 

Scientific:

Latropiscis purpurissatus 

German:

Flaggenflosser 

English:

Sergeant Baker, Australian Aulopus 

Category:

Lizardfishes 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Aulopiformes (Order) > Aulopidae (Family) > Latropiscis (Genus) > purpurissatus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Richardson, ), 1843 

Occurrence:

Australia, Bass Strait, Endemic species, New South Wales (Australia), New Zealand, Queensland (Australia), South Australia, Tasmania (Australia), Western Australia 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

27 - 193 Meter 

Size:

up to 23.62" (60 cm) 

Temperature:

50 °F - 75.2 °F (10°C - 24°C) 

Food:

Big fish, Carnivore, Crabs, Crustaceans, Edible crab, Fish (little fishes), Predatory 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Latropiscis purpurissatus
  Flaggenflosser

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-08-03 08:08:30 

Last edit:

2019-12-22 09:53:54 

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