Diagramma punctatum Punktatum Sweetlips

Diagramma punctatum is commonly referred to as Punktatum Sweetlips. Difficulty in the aquarium: Only for advanced aquarists. A aquarium size of at least 3000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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

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lexID:: 4120
AphiaID:: 279263

Scientific:: Diagramma punctatum
German:: Punktatum-Süsslippe
English:: Punktatum Sweetlips

Category:: Sweetlips/Grunts

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopteri (Class) > Eupercaria incertae sedis (Order) > Haemulidae (Family) > Diagramma (Genus) > punctatum (Species)
Initial determination:: Cuvier, 1830

Occurrence:: Gulf of Mannar , Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Jordan, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Raja Amat, Red Sea, Saudi Arabia, Socotra Arch, Sulawesi, West Papua , Western Pacific Ocean
Sea depth:: Meter
Size:: up to 13.39" (34 cm)
Temperature:: 71.6 °F - 80.6 °F (22°C - 27°C)
Food:: Brine Shrimps, Invertebrates, Mysis, Worms, Zooplankton
Tank:: 659.94 gal (~ 3000L)
Difficulty:: Only for advanced aquarists
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2012-02-08 17:31:38
Last edit:: 2022-07-06 16:56:25

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Diagramma punctatum Cuvier, 1830

This sweetlips is a bottom oriented (benthopelagic) animal, which also finds its food here.There is not much information about this sweetlips in the literature and on the internet.

Very similar species: Diagramma pictum (Thunberg, 1792)

Synonymised names:
Diagramma picta punctata Cuvier, 1830 · unaccepted (senior synonym)
Diagramma punctata Cuvier, 1830 · unaccepted (misspelling)

External links

FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 05.07.2022.
HAEMULIDAE (= Pomadasyidae) (en). Abgerufen am 05.07.2022.
Wikipedia (de). Abgerufen am 06.07.2022.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 05.07.2022.

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