Lophodiodon calori Four-bar porcupinefish

Lophodiodon calori is commonly referred to as Four-bar porcupinefish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Has a poison harmful to health.

Profile

lexID:

7348 

AphiaID:

219974 

Scientific:

Lophodiodon calori 

German:

Mimikry-Igelfisch 

English:

Four-bar Porcupinefish 

Category:

Porcupinefishes/Burrfishes 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Tetraodontiformes (Order) > Diodontidae (Family) > Lophodiodon (Genus) > calori (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Bianconi, ), 1854 

Occurrence:

Australia, East Africa, Gulf of Oman / Oman, India, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Java, Mozambique, New Caledonia, Red Sea, Somalia, South China Sea, South-Africa, Tansania, the Seychelles, Western Indian Ocean, Zanzibar 

Sea depth:

- 100 Meter 

Size:

up to 11.81" (30 cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Clams, Invertebrates, Snails, Zoobenthos 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Has a poison harmful to health 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

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  Lophodiodon calori
  Mimikry-Igelfisch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-07-09 17:31:59 

Last edit:

2020-12-14 13:55:34 

Toxicity

This is a general hint!
Lophodiodon calori has a harmful toxin.
As a rule, animals with a harmful poison do not pose mortal danger in normal Aquarieaner everyday life. Read the following husbandry information and comments from aquarists who already keep Lophodiodon calori in their aquarium to get a better picture about the possible danger. However, please be careful when using Lophodiodon calori. Every human reacts differently to poisons.
If you suspect that you have come into contact with the poison, please contact your doctor or the poison emergency call.
The phone number of the poison emergency call can be found here:
[overview_and_url_DE]
Overview Europe: European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxicologists

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