Verulux cypselurus Swallowtail cardinalfish, Black-nosed cardinalfish

Verulux cypselurus is commonly referred to as Swallowtail cardinalfish, Black-nosed 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:

7632 

AphiaID:

1043456 

Scientific:

Verulux cypselurus 

German:

Kardinalbarsch 

English:

Swallowtail Cardinalfish, Black-nosed Cardinalfish 

Category:

Cardinali 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopteri (Class) > Kurtiformes (Order) > Apogonidae (Family) > Verulux (Genus) > cypselurus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Weber, ), 1909 

Occurrence:

(the) Maldives, Australia, Bahrain, Comores, East Africa, Fiji, Gulf of Oman / Oman, India, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, Micronesia, New Caledonia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Raja Amat, Red Sea, South-Africa, Taiwan, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Seychelles, Tonga, Vanuatu 

Sea depth:

2 - 15 Meter 

Size:

up to 2.36" (6 cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 80.6 °F (22°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Crustaceans, Invertebrates, Zoobenthos, Zooplankton 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

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  Verulux cypselurus
  Kardinalbarsch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-10-17 20:18:01 

Last edit:

2021-07-15 13:44:19 

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