Caesioperca lepidoptera Butterfly perch

Caesioperca lepidoptera is commonly referred to as Butterfly perch. Difficulty in the aquarium: Non adatto agli acquari!. A aquarium size of at least 2000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

8825 

AphiaID:

280011 

Scientific:

Caesioperca lepidoptera 

German:

Sägebarsch 

English:

Butterfly Perch 

Category:

Serranus 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Serranidae (Family) > Caesioperca (Genus) > lepidoptera (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Forster, ), 1801 

Occurrence:

Australia, Bass Strait, Eastern Indian Ocean, New South Wales (Australia), New Zealand, South Australia, Tasmania (Australia), Western Australia 

Sea depth:

10 - 140 Meter 

Size:

up to 11.81" (30 cm) 

Temperature:

51.8 °F - 68 °F (11°C - 20°C) 

Food:

Amphipods, Copepods, Daphnia salina, Decapods, Fish (little fishes), Hermit crabs, Krill, Mysis, Rock shrimps, Schrimps, Worms, Zoobenthos, Zooplankton 

Tank:

439.96 gal (~ 2000L)  

Difficulty:

Non adatto agli acquari! 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Caesioperca lepidoptera
  Sägebarsch
• 
  Caesioperca rasor
  Sägebarsch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2015-10-06 12:49:58 

Last edit:

2020-01-23 14:48:38 

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