Phaeoptyx xenus Sponge cardinalfish

Phaeoptyx xenus is commonly referred to as Sponge 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.

Profile

lexID:

9068 

AphiaID:

282228 

Scientific:

Phaeoptyx xenus 

German:

"Schwamm"-Kardinalbarsch 

English:

Sponge Cardinalfish 

Category:

Cardinalfishes 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Apogonidae (Family) > Phaeoptyx (Genus) > xenus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Böhlke & Randall, ), 1968 

Occurrence:

Belize, Cuba, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Puerto Rico, The Bahamas, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela 

Size:

up to 2.95" (7.5 cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Copepods, Fish larvae, Invertebrates, Mysis, Zoobenthos, 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:

• 
  Phaeoptyx conklini
  Gepunkteter Kardinalbarsch
• 
  Phaeoptyx pigmentaria
  Kardinalbarsch
• 
  Phaeoptyx xenus
  "Schwamm"-Kardinalbarsch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2015-12-25 10:11:30 

Last edit:

2015-12-25 10:11:30 

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