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Cantherhines sandwichiensis Sandwich isle file

Cantherhines sandwichiensisis commonly referred to as Sandwich isle file. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:
15233 
AphiaID:
220057 
Scientific:
Cantherhines sandwichiensis 
German:
Feilenfisch 
English:
Sandwich Isle File 
Category:
Filefishes 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopteri (Class) > Tetraodontiformes (Order) > Monacanthidae (Family) > Cantherhines (Genus) > sandwichiensis (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Quoy & Gaimard, ), 1824 
Occurrence:
Austral Islands, Cook Islands, Hawaii, Johnston Atoll, Pitcairn Islands, Rapa, the Society Islands, Tuamoto Islands, United States Minor Outlying Islands 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
2 - 73 Meter 
Habitats:
Coral reefs, Rocky reefs 
Size:
up to 7.6" (19.3 cm) 
Temperature:
76.46 °F - 84.2 °F (24.7°C - 29°C) 
Food:
Algae, Coral polyps = corallivorous, Debris (Feed remains), Detritus, Invertebrates, Sea squirts, Sponges 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Least concern (LC)  
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2022-10-05 09:18:33 

Info

Cantherhines sandwichiensis is not a common filefish, usually found in shallow reefs exposed to the surf.
Here it feeds on algae and invertebrates, among other things.
Color: Gray to almost black with blue lines on the head and a pair of white spots at the base of the transparent yellow dorsal and anal fins.

Cantherhines sandwichiensis is related to Cantherines pardalis from the Indo-Pacific.

Cantherhines sandwichiensis is a filefish that is absolutely corallivorous, meaning it eats the polyps of various stony corals, so it is only suitable for a larger soft coral aquarium, if at all.

Etymolgy: The species name "sandwichiensis" most likely goes back to the British explorer James Cook, who christened today's Hawaiiian Islands as the Sandwich Islands.

Synonyms:
Amanses sandwichiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Balistes sandwichiensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
Monacanthus nasutus Swainson, 1839
Monacanthus sandwichiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Monocanthus nasutus Swainson, 1839

External links

  1. Diversity and functional importance of coral-feeding fishes on tropical coral reefs (en). Abgerufen am 04.10.2022.
  2. FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 04.10.2022.
  3. FISHES OF HANAUMA BAY (en). Abgerufen am 04.10.2022.
  4. Homepage Yuko und Keoki Stender (multi). Abgerufen am 04.10.2022.
  5. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (multi). Abgerufen am 04.10.2022.
  6. Taxonomy and systematics of tetraodontiform fishes: a review focusing primarily on progress in the period from 1980 to 2014 (en). Abgerufen am 04.10.2022.
  7. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 04.10.2022.

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