Pristicon rhodopterus Redfin cardinalfish

Pristicon rhodopterus is commonly referred to as Redfin cardinalfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

8507 

AphiaID:

712697 

Scientific:

Pristicon rhodopterus 

German:

Kardinalbarsch 

English:

Redfin Cardinalfish 

Category:

Cardinalfishes 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Apogonidae (Family) > Pristicon (Genus) > rhodopterus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Bleeker, ), 1852 

Occurrence:

Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Micronesia, Palau, Papua, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Raja Amat, Singapore, Vietnam 

Size:

up to 5.91" (15 cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Amphipods, Copepods, Daphnia salina, Fish larvae, Invertebrates, Isopods, Mysis, Zoobenthos, Zooplankton 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Pristicon rhodopterus
  Kardinalbarsch
• 
  Pristicon rufus
  Kardinalbarsch
• 
  Pristicon trimaculatus
  Kardinalbarsch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2015-06-21 18:20:45 

Last edit:

2015-06-21 18:20:45 

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