Cercamia eremia Glassy cardinalfish

Cercamia eremia is commonly referred to as Glassy cardinalfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Average. A aquarium size of at least 150 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

8467 

AphiaID:

280082 

Scientific:

Cercamia eremia 

German:

Kardinalbarsch 

English:

Glassy Cardinalfish 

Category:

Cardinalfishes 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Apogonidae (Family) > Cercamia (Genus) > eremia (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Allen, ), 1987 

Occurrence:

American Samoa, Australia, Bali, Christmas Islands, Eastern Indian Ocean, Great Barrier Reef, Guam, Houtman Abrolhos (Abrolhos Islands), Indonesia, Japan, Maumere, Northern Territory (Australia), Palau, Papua, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland (Australia), Raja Amat, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Sumatra, the Cocos Islands / Keeling Islands, The Ryukyu Islands, Tonga, Western Australia 

Sea depth:

2 - 40 Meter 

Size:

up to 1.57" (4 cm) 

Temperature:

73.4 °F - 78.8 °F (23°C - 26°C) 

Food:

Brine Shrimps, Frozen food (small sorts), Mysis, Zooplankton 

Tank:

33 gal (~ 150L)  

Difficulty:

Average 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Cercamia cladara
  Kardinalbarsch
• 
  Cercamia eremia
  Kardinalbarsch

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Cercamia melanogaster
  Kardinalbarsch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2015-06-05 11:35:01 

Last edit:

2020-06-25 21:00:08 

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