Novaculops sciistius Oriental sandy, razorfish

Novaculops sciistius is commonly referred to as Oriental sandy, razorfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

10504 

AphiaID:

712767 

Scientific:

Novaculops sciistius 

German:

Messerlippfisch 

English:

Oriental Sandy, Razorfish 

Category:

Wrasses 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Teleostei (Class) > Eupercaria incertae sedis (Order) > Labridae (Family) > Novaculops (Genus) > sciistius (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Jordan & Thompson, ), 1914 

Occurrence:

China, Japan, Ogasawara Islands, Taiwan 

Sea depth:

17 - 31 Meter 

Size:

6,2 cm 

Temperature:

°F - 25,6 °F (°C - 25,6°C) 

Food:

Amphipods, Copepods, Krill, Mysis, Zooplankton 

Difficulty:

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

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Data deficient (DD) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Novaculops alvheimi
  St. Brandon’s Messerlippfisch
• 
  Novaculops halsteadi
  Halsteads Messerlippfisch
• 
  Novaculops koteamea
  Osterinsel-Messerfisch
• 
  Novaculops pastellus
  Pastellfarbener Messerlippfisch, Lord-Howe Messerlippfisch
• 
  Novaculops sciistius
  Messerlippfisch

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Novaculops compressus
  Messerlippfisch
• 
  Novaculops woodi
  Lippfisch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2017-03-05 15:34:21 

Last edit:

2024-05-04 11:00:07 

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