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Apogon tricinctus Threeband cardinalfish

Apogon tricinctus is commonly referred to as Threeband cardinalfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profilbild Urheber Dr. Gerald (Gerry) Robert Allen, Australien

Copyright Dr. Gerry Allen, Foto aus Entalula Island, Bacuit Bay, Palawan, Philipinnnen, Männchen


Courtesy of the author Dr. Gerald (Gerry) Robert Allen, Australien

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lexID:
8315 
AphiaID:
1007715 
Scientific:
Apogon tricinctus 
German:
Kardinalbarsch 
English:
Threeband Cardinalfish 
Category:
Cardinalfishes 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Apogonidae (Family) > Apogon (Genus) > tricinctus (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Allen & Erdmann, ), 2012 
Occurrence:
Philippines 
Sea depth:
Meter 
Size:
up to 2.24" (5.7 cm) 
Temperature:
71.6 °F - 80.6 °F (22°C - 27°C) 
Food:
Zooplankton 
Difficulty:
There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2017-12-25 11:36:41 

Info

Allen & Erdmann, 2012

Very special thanks for the first photo of Ostorhinchus tricinctus to Dr. Gerry R. Allen and Dr. Mark Erdmann, Australia.
The photo of this nocturnal cardinalfish was taken at the Philippines (Entalula Island, Bacuit Bay, Palawan) .

Ostorhinchus tricinctus is a benthic species and lives in clear lagoons with deep sand slopes, forming schools above remote rock or coral outcrops to 30 meters depth.

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopteri (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Percoidei (Suborder) > Apogonidae (Family) > Apogoninae (Subfamily) > Apogon (Genus) > Tricinctus (Species)

External links

  1. FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Copyright Dr. Gerry Allen, Foto aus Entalula Island, Bacuit Bay, Palawan, Philipinnnen, Männchen
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