Symphurus insularis Tonguefish

Symphurus insularis is commonly referred to as Tonguefish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not for beginners. A aquarium size of at least 1000 Liter is recommended.

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lexID:

4690 

AphiaID:

274248 

Scientific:

Symphurus insularis 

German:

Hundszunge 

English:

Tonguefish 

Category:

Flounders & Soles 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Pleuronectiformes (Order) > Cynoglossidae (Family) > Symphurus (Genus) > insularis (Species) 

Initial determination:

Munroe, Brito & Hernández, 2000 

Occurrence:

Azores, East-Atlantic Ocean, Madeira, the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago, West Africa 

Size:

4.33" - 9.06" (11cm - 23cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Clam meat, Fish (little fishes), Krill, Mysis, Rock shrimps, Schrimps, Worms, Zoobenthos 

Tank:

219.98 gal (~ 1000L)  

Difficulty:

Not for beginners 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Symphurus arawak
• Symphurus atramentatus
• Symphurus atricaudus
• Symphurus australis
• Symphurus bathyspilus
• Symphurus billykrietei
• Symphurus callopterus
• Symphurus caribbeanus
• Symphurus chabanaudi
• Symphurus civitatium
• Symphurus diabolicus
• Symphurus diomedeanus
• Symphurus elongatus
• Symphurus fasciolaris
• Symphurus fuscus
• Symphurus gilesii
• Symphurus ginsburgi
• Symphurus gorgonae
• Symphurus hondoensis
• 
  Symphurus insularis
  Hundszunge
• Symphurus jenynsi
• Symphurus kyaropterygium
• Symphurus leei
• Symphurus ligulatus
• Symphurus lubbocki
• Symphurus luzonensis
• Symphurus macrophthalmus
• Symphurus maculopinnis
• Symphurus maldivensis
• Symphurus marginatus
• Symphurus marmoratus
• Symphurus megasomus
• Symphurus melanurus
• Symphurus melasmatotheca
• Symphurus microlepis
• Symphurus microrhynchus
• Symphurus minor
• Symphurus monostigmus
• Symphurus multimaculatus
• Symphurus nebulosus
• 
  Symphurus nigrescens
  Gitter-Hundszunge
• Symphurus normani
• Symphurus novemfasciatus
• Symphurus ocellaris
• Symphurus ocellatus
• Symphurus oculellus
• Symphurus oligomerus
• Symphurus ommaspilus
• Symphurus orientalis
• Symphurus parvus
• Symphurus pelicanus
• Symphurus piger
• Symphurus plagiusa
• Symphurus plagusia
• Symphurus prolatinaris
• Symphurus pusillus
• Symphurus regani
• Symphurus reticulatus
• Symphurus rhytisma
• Symphurus schultzi
• Symphurus septemstriatus
• Symphurus stigmosus
• Symphurus strictus
• Symphurus tessellatus
• Symphurus thermophilus
• Symphurus trewavasae
• Symphurus trifasciatus
• Symphurus undatus
• Symphurus undecimplerus
• Symphurus urospilus
• Symphurus vanmelleae
• Symphurus variegatus
• Symphurus varius
• Symphurus williamsi
• Symphurus woodmasoni
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2012-10-01 19:46:16 

Last edit:

2012-10-01 19:46:16 

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