Macropharyngodon moyeri

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Macropharyngodon moyeri

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lexID:: 10726

Scientific:: Macropharyngodon moyeri
German:: Moyers Leoparden-Junker
English:: Macropharyngodon moyeri

Category:: Labridi
Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Labridae (Family) > Macropharyngodon (Genus) > moyeri (Species)
Initial determination:: Shepard & Meyer, 1978

Occurrence:: Cina, Filippine, Giappone, Isole Ryukyu, Okinawa, Taiwan
Sea depth:: 7 - 17 Meter
Size:: bis zu 12cm
Temperature:: °C - 26°C
Food:: Zoobenthos, Copepods, Frozen food (small sorts), Artemia, Cibo vivo, Cyclops, Daphnia salina, Gamberetti interi, invertebrati, Mysis, Naupli di artemia, zooplancton
Tank:: ~ 600 Liter
Difficulty:: Mediamente facile
Offspring:: Not available as offspring

Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown
CITES:: Not evaluated
Red List:: Least concern (LC)

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Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2017-05-17 17:45:01
Last edit:: 2017-05-17 18:27:02

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Shepard & Meyer, 1978

Macropharyngodon moyeri inhabits areas of boulders and rubble with high algal cover in depths of 7-17 m.
It likely feeds on micro-zoobenthos and may be found as bycatch in the aquarium trade.
Source: IUCN

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Labroidei (Suborder) > Labridae (Family) > Macropharyngodon (Genus) > Macropharyngodon moyeri (Species)

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