Hoplolatilus cuniculus Dusky tilefish

Hoplolatilus cuniculusis commonly referred to as Dusky tilefish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not for beginners. A aquarium size of at least 1000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

9384 

AphiaID:

218374 

Scientific:

Hoplolatilus cuniculus 

German:

Torpedobarsch 

English:

Dusky Tilefish 

Category:

Tilefishes 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Malacanthidae (Family) > Hoplolatilus (Genus) > cuniculus (Species) 

Initial determination:

Randall & Dooley, 1974 

Occurrence:

(the) Maldives, Australia, Bunaken, French Polynesia, Great Barrier Reef, Indonesia, Japan, Madagascar, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Micronesia, New Caledonia, Palau, Papua, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Raja Amat, Solomon Islands, Sumatra, Tahiti, the Society Islands, Timor, Tonga 

Size:

up to 6.3" (16 cm) 

Temperature:

24,5 °F - 27,5 °F (24,5°C - 27,5°C) 

Food:

Copepods, Daphnia salina, Fish eggs, Fish larvae, Invertebrates, Jellyfish, Krill, Mysis, Zoobenthos, Zooplankton 

Tank:

219.98 gal (~ 1000L)  

Difficulty:

Not for beginners 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Hoplolatilus chlupatyi
  Chameleon Torpedobarsch
• 
  Hoplolatilus cuniculus
  Torpedobarsch
• 
  Hoplolatilus erdmanni
  Torpedobarsch
• 
  Hoplolatilus fourmanoiri
  Gelbpunkt-Torpedobarsch
• 
  Hoplolatilus fronticinctus
  Torpdeobarsch
• Hoplolatilus geo
• 
  Hoplolatilus luteus
  Gelber Torpedobarsch
• 
  Hoplolatilus marcosi
  Marcos-Torpedobarsch
• 
  Hoplolatilus oreni
  Torpedobarsch
• 
  Hoplolatilus pohle
  Torpedobarsch
• 
  Hoplolatilus purpureus
  Purpur-Torpedobarsch
• 
  Hoplolatilus randalli
  Randalls Torpedobarsch
• 
  Hoplolatilus starcki
  Blaukopf Torpedobarsch
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2016-02-25 16:58:46 

Last edit:

2016-02-25 16:58:46 

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