Zoramia perlita Pearly cardinalfish, Pearlspot Cardinalfish

Zoramia perlita is commonly referred to as Pearly cardinalfish, Pearlspot 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.

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lexID:

8289 

AphiaID:

283229 

Scientific:

Zoramia perlita 

German:

Kardinalbarsch 

English:

Pearly Cardinalfish, Pearlspot Cardinalfish 

Category:

Cardinali 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Apogonidae (Family) > Zoramia (Genus) > perlita (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Fraser & Lachner, ), 1985 

Occurrence:

Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Ashmore and Cartier Islands, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), Flores, Greater Sunda Islands, Indonesia, Komodo (Komodo Island), Lesser Sunda Islands, Maumere, Palau, Papua, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland (Australia), Raja Amat, Sumatra, Western Australia 

Sea depth:

3 - 12 Meter 

Size:

up to 1.97" (5 cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 80.6 °F (22°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Amphipods, Copepods, Daphnia salina, Fish larvae, Invertebrates, Mysis, 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:

• 
  Zoramia flebila
  Kardinalbarsch
• 
  Zoramia fragilis
  Fragiler Kardinalbarsch
• 
  Zoramia gilberti
  Kardinalbarsch
• Zoramia leptacantha
• 
  Zoramia perlita
  Kardinalbarsch
• 
  Zoramia viridiventer
  Kardinalbarsch

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Zoramia leptacanthus
  Fadenflossen-Kardinalbarsch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2015-04-26 19:08:43 

Last edit:

2021-01-06 16:46:30 

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