Apogonichthys ocellatus red sea cardinal

Apogonichthys ocellatus is commonly referred to as red sea cardinal. Difficulty in the aquarium: Easy. A aquarium size of at least 250 Liter is recommended.

Dr. John Ernest (Jack) Randall (†), Hawaii

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Scientific:: Apogonichthys ocellatus
German:: Rot-Meer Kardinalbarsch
English:: Red Sea Cardinal

Category:: Cardinalfishes

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Apogonidae (Family) > Apogonichthys (Genus) > ocellatus (Species)
Initial determination:: (Weber, ), 1913

Occurrence:: Red Sea
Size:: up to 1.57" (4 cm)
Temperature:: 71.6 °F - 84.2 °F (22°C - 29°C)
Food:: Brine Shrimp Nauplii, Brine Shrimps, Krill, Lobster eggs, Mysis, Plankton, Zooplankton
Tank:: 54.99 gal (~ 250L)
Difficulty:: Easy

CITES:

Not evaluated

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Apogonichthys landoni
Apogonichthys ocellatus
Rot-Meer Kardinalbarsch
Apogonichthys perdix
Kardinalbarsch

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2010-05-09 12:34:44
Last edit:: 2010-05-09 12:34:44

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Apogonichthys ocellatus (Weber, 1913) is endemic from the Red Sea and easily confused with Apogonichthys perdix from Indonesia. Little information is yet to find about him. It is a schooling fish and rarely found individually or as a couple. His final lenght it reaches with about 4 cm. Aquaristic certainly an interesting fish, but he is not at all or rare to be found in the trade.

Order: Perciformes
Suborder: Percoidei
Superfamily: Percoidea
Family: Apogonidae
Subfamily: Apogonichthys
Species: Apogonichthys ocellatus

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