Gymnapogon philippinus Philippine cardinalfish, Red-nose Cardinalfish

Gymnapogon philippinus is commonly referred to as Philippine cardinalfish, Red-nose 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:

9390 

AphiaID:

278712 

Scientific:

Gymnapogon philippinus 

German:

Kardinalbarsch 

English:

Philippine Cardinalfish, Red-nose Cardinalfish 

Category:

Cardinalfishes 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Apogonidae (Family) > Gymnapogon (Genus) > philippinus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Herre, ), 1939 

Occurrence:

Australia, Indo Pacific, Japan, Java, Komodo (Komodo Island), Marschall Islands, Micronesia, New Caledonia, Philippines, Taiwan, Tonga 

Size:

up to 1.97" (5 cm) 

Temperature:

25,2 °F - 29,3 °F (25,2°C - 29,3°C) 

Food:

Amphipods, Copepods, Daphnia salina, Fish eggs, Fish larvae, Invertebrates, Krill, 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:

• Gymnapogon africanus
• Gymnapogon annona
• Gymnapogon foraminosus
• Gymnapogon japonicus
• Gymnapogon melanogaster
• 
  Gymnapogon philippinus
  Kardinalbarsch
• Gymnapogon urospilotus
• Gymnapogon vanderbilti

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2016-02-26 13:03:09 

Last edit:

2016-02-26 13:03:09 

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