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Sanopus astrifer Whitespotted Toadfish, Starry Toadfish

Sanopus astrifer is commonly referred to as Whitespotted Toadfish, Starry Toadfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully.

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Sanopus astrifer, Whitespotted toadfish, Glover's Reef, Belize, Copyright Paddy Ryan


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lexID:
9138 
AphiaID:
282657 
Scientific:
Sanopus astrifer 
German:
Weißgefleckter Krötenfisch,Froschfisch 
English:
Whitespotted Toadfish, Starry Toadfish 
Category:
Toadfishes 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Batrachoidiformes (Order) > Batrachoididae (Family) > Sanopus (Genus) > astrifer (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Robins & Starck, ), 1965 
Occurrence:
Belize, Central Atlantic, the Caribbean, West-Atlantic Ocean 
Size:
up to 9.65" (24.5 cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 77 °F (°C - 25°C) 
Food:
Crabs, Edible crab, Fish (little fishes), Predatory, Snails, Worms 
Difficulty:
There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Vulnerable (VU) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2016-01-10 13:53:37 

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Sanopus astrifer (Robins & Starck, 1965)

The body is dark brown, reddish brown to almost black with a paler belly. The head is densely covered with small white speckles. On the body are lateral lines with white spots along its length anf random white speckles on the fins.

The Whitespotted Toadfish is endemic to Belize. This toadfish occurs around hard structure on coral reefs,can be found to depths of 5-30 m.

Sanopus astrifer feeds on small fishes,crustaceans,molloscs and polychaete worms.

Synonyme:
Opsanus astrifer

Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopteri (Class) > Batrachoidiformes (Order) > Batrachoididae (Family) > Batrachoidinae (Subfamily) > Sanopus (Genus) > Sanopus astrifer (Species)

External links

  1. Homepage Dr. Paddy Ryan (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. Watlfish.com (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  4. Wikipedia DE (de). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  5. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Sanopus astrifer, Whitespotted toadfish, Glover's Reef, Belize, Copyright Paddy Ryan
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