Congiopodus torvus Smooth horse fish

Congiopodus torvus wird umgangssprachlich oft als Pferdefisch bezeichnet.

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lexID:

11508 

AphiaID:

221442 

Scientific:

Congiopodus torvus 

German:

Glatter Pferdefisch 

English:

Smooth Horse Fish 

Category:

Other Fishes 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Teleostei (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Congiopodidae (Family) > Congiopodus (Genus) > torvus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Gronow, ), 1772 

Occurrence:

Namibia, New Zealand, Pacific Ocean, Peru, South America, South-Africa 

Sea depth:

10 - 300 Meter 

Size:

11.81" - 31.5" (30cm - 80cm) 

Temperature:

48.2 °F - 64.4 °F (9°C - 18°C) 

Food:

Clams, Decapods, Sea urchins, Snails, Starfishs, Worms, Zoobenthos 

Difficulty:

Cold water animal 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Congiopodus coriaceus
• Congiopodus kieneri
• Congiopodus leucopaecilus
• Congiopodus peruvianus
• Congiopodus spinifer
• 
  Congiopodus torvus
  Glatter Pferdefisch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2018-04-18 20:32:05 

Last edit:

2023-05-01 17:53:30 

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