Luzonichthys whitleyi Whitley's splitfin

Luzonichthys whitleyiis commonly referred to as Whitley's splitfin. Difficulty in the aquarium: Only for advanced aquarists. A aquarium size of at least 750 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

6551 

AphiaID:

276714 

Scientific:

Luzonichthys whitleyi 

German:

Fahnenbarsch 

English:

Whitley's Splitfin 

Category:

Fancy Sea Bass (Anthias) 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Serranidae (Family) > Luzonichthys (Genus) > whitleyi (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Smith, ), 1955 

Occurrence:

Bakers Island, Central Pazific, Christmas Islands, Eastern Indian Ocean, Gilbert Islands, Howland Island, Indonesia, Japan, Kiribati, Line Islands, Loyalty Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, New Caledonia, Palau, Phoenix Islands, Solomon Islands, United States Minor Outlying Islands 

Sea depth:

1 - 200 Meter 

Size:

up to 2.28" (5.8 cm) 

Temperature:

73.4 °F - 80.6 °F (23°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Brine Shrimps, Living Food, Lobster eggs, Mysis, Zooplankton 

Tank:

164.98 gal (~ 750L)  

Difficulty:

Only for advanced aquarists 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Luzonichthys earlei
  Fahnenbarsch
• 
  Luzonichthys microlepis
  Fahnenbarsch
• 
  Luzonichthys taeniatus
  Fahnenbarsch
• 
  Luzonichthys waitei
  Fahnenbarsch
• 
  Luzonichthys whitleyi
  Fahnenbarsch
• Luzonichthys williamsi

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Luzonichthys kiomeamea
  Osterinsel-Fahnenbarsch
• 
  Luzonichthys seaver
  Fahnenbarsch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-12-31 13:04:57 

Last edit:

2020-04-05 17:40:11 

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