Sunagocia otaitensis Fringelip flathead

Sunagocia otaitensisis commonly referred to as Fringelip flathead. Difficulty in the aquarium: Experts only! Very hard to keep. A aquarium size of at least 15000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

4153 

AphiaID:

282911 

Scientific:

Sunagocia otaitensis 

German:

Krokodilfisch 

English:

Fringelip Flathead 

Category:

Crocodilfishes 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Scorpaeniformes (Order) > Platycephalidae (Family) > Sunagocia (Genus) > otaitensis (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Cuvier, ), 1829 

Occurrence:

(the) Maldives, American Samoa, Australia, Caroline Island, Christmas Islands, Comores, Cook Islands, East Africa, French Polynesia, India, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Madagascar, Marquesas Islands, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Micronesia, Mozambique, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Réunion , Samoa, Solomon Islands, South-Africa, Sumatra, Tahiti, Taiwan, Thailand, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Cocos Islands / Keeling Islands, the Seychelles, Timor, Tonga, Tuamoto Islands, Western Indian Ocean 

Sea depth:

1 - 40 Meter 

Size:

up to 11.81" (30 cm) 

Temperature:

73.4 °F - 80.6 °F (23°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Crustaceans, Fish (little fishes), Shrimps 

Tank:

3299.68 gal (~ 15000L)  

Difficulty:

Experts only! Very hard to keep 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Sunagocia arenicola
  Breitkopf-Flachkopffische
• 
  Sunagocia carbunculus
  Krokodilfisch
• 
  Sunagocia otaitensis
  Krokodilfisch
• Sunagocia sainsburyi

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2012-02-21 12:15:16 

Last edit:

2012-02-21 12:15:16 

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