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Ostorhinchus capricornis Capricorn cardinalfish

Ostorhinchus capricornis is commonly referred to as Capricorn 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.


Profilbild Urheber Richard Bajol, Neukaledonien

Foto: Noumea, Neukaledonien


Courtesy of the author Richard Bajol, Neukaledonien . Please visit www.picture-worl.org for more information.

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lexID:
8312 
AphiaID:
272987 
Scientific:
Ostorhinchus capricornis 
German:
Kardinalbarsch 
English:
Capricorn Cardinalfish 
Category:
Cardinali 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Teleostei (Class) > Kurtiformes (Order) > Apogonidae (Family) > Ostorhinchus (Genus) > capricornis (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Allen & Randall, ), 1993 
Occurrence:
Australia, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), Great Barrier Reef, New Caledonia, Queensland (Australia) 
Sea depth:
2 - 15 Meter 
Size:
up to 2.28" (5.8 cm) 
Temperature:
71.6 °F - 80.6 °F (22°C - 27°C) 
Food:
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 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life
:
 
More related species
in this lexicon
:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2024-05-02 13:02:07 

Info

Allen & Randall, 1993

Very special thanks for the first photo of Ostorhinchus capricornis to Richard Bayol, New Caledonia.
The photo of this nocturnal cardinalfish was taken at Nouméa, New Caledonia.

Ostorhinchus capricornis is a benthic species which inhabits coral reef in a depth of 2 to 15 meters.
The nocturnal species feed on zooplankton.

Synonym: Apogon capricornis (Allen & Randall, 1993)

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopteri (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Percoidei (Suborder) > Apogonidae (Family) > Apogoninae (Subfamily) > Ostorhinchus (Genus) > Ostorhinchus capricornis (Species)

External links

  1. FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Homepage Richard Bajol, Image du Monde (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Foto: Noumea, Neukaledonien
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