Paraluteres arqat Andaman Mimic Filefish

Paraluteres arqat is commonly referred to as Andaman Mimic Filefish. 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:

7328 

AphiaID:

277932 

Scientific:

Paraluteres arqat 

German:

Mimikry-Feilenfisch 

English:

Andaman Mimic Filefish 

Category:

Filefishes 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Tetraodontiformes (Order) > Monacanthidae (Family) > Paraluteres (Genus) > arqat (Species) 

Initial determination:

Clark & Gohar, 1953 

Occurrence:

Egypt, Red Sea, Saudi Arabia 

Sea depth:

5 - 20 Meter 

Size:

3.15" - 3.94" (8cm - 10cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C) 

Food:

No reliable information available 

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:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Paraluteres arqat
  Mimikry-Feilenfisch
• 
  Paraluteres prionurus
  Schwarzsattel-Feilenfisch

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Paraluteres sp.
  Feilenfisch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-07-07 14:30:42 

Last edit:

2018-04-08 19:36:46 

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