Diplogrammus randalli Randall’s fold dragonet

Diplogrammus randalli is commonly referred to as Randall’s fold dragonet. Difficulty in the aquarium: Experts only! Very hard to keep. A aquarium size of at least 300 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

7755 

AphiaID:

276337 

Scientific:

Diplogrammus randalli 

German:

Randalls Leierfisch 

English:

Randall’s Fold Dragonet 

Category:

Dragonets 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Teleostei (Class) > Callionymiformes (Order) > Callionymidae (Family) > Diplogrammus (Genus) > randalli (Species) 

Initial determination:

Fricke, 1983 

Occurrence:

Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lessepsian migrant, Red Sea, Saudi Arabia, the Mediterranean Sea, Turkey, Western Indian Ocean 

Marine Zone:

Intertidal (Eulittoral), intertidal zone between the high and low tide lines characterized by the alternation of low and high tide down to 15 meters 

Sea depth:

1 - 10 Meter 

Habitats:

Coralline soils, coral quarry, Sandy sea floors, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

up to 2.76" (7 cm) 

Temperature:

24,6 °F - 82.4 °F (24,6°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Brine Shrimps, Living Food, Mysis 

Tank:

65.99 gal (~ 300L)  

Difficulty:

Experts only! Very hard to keep 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Diplogrammus goramensis
  Dragonets
• Diplogrammus gruveli
• Diplogrammus infulatus
• Diplogrammus pauciradiatus
• Diplogrammus pygmaeus
• 
  Diplogrammus randalli
  Randalls Leierfisch
• 
  Diplogrammus xenicus
  Nördlicher Leierfisch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-12-03 09:41:30 

Last edit:

2024-07-07 10:55:42 

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