Nectamia fusca Ghost cardinalfish

Nectamia fuscais commonly referred to as Ghost cardinalfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Average. A aquarium size of at least 350 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

7738 

AphiaID:

398505 

Scientific:

Nectamia fusca 

German:

Geister Kardinalbarsch 

English:

Ghost Cardinalfish 

Category:

Cardinalfishes 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Apogonidae (Family) > Nectamia (Genus) > fusca (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Quoy & Gaimard, ), 1825 

Occurrence:

Eritrea, Sudan, (the) Maldives, American Samoa, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Ashmore and Cartier Islands, Australia, Bali, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), Egypt, Fiji, Flores, Great Barrier Reef, Guam, Gulf of Oman / Oman, India, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Kenya, Kiribati, Komodo (Komodo Island), Madagascar, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, Maumere, Micronesia, Mozambique, Myanmar, New Caledonia, Northern Mariana Islands, Pakistan, Palau, Papua, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Phoenix Islands, Queensland (Australia), Red Sea, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sumatra, Taiwan, Thailand, the Cocos Islands / Keeling Islands, The Ryukyu Islands, Timor, Tonga, Tuamoto Islands, Vietnam, Yemen 

Sea depth:

1 - 20 Meter 

Size:

up to 4.33" (11 cm) 

Temperature:

73.4 °F - 77 °F (23°C - 25°C) 

Food:

Brine Shrimps, Frozen food (small sorts), Mysis 

Tank:

76.99 gal (~ 350L)  

Difficulty:

Average 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Nectamia annularis
  Schwarzring-Kardinalbarsch
• 
  Nectamia bandanensis
  Kardinalbarsch
• 
  Nectamia fusca
  Geister Kardinalbarsch
• Nectamia ignitops
• 
  Nectamia luxuria
  Kardinalbarsch
• 
  Nectamia savayensis
  Kardinalbarsch
• 
  Nectamia similis
  Kardinalbarsch
• 
  Nectamia viria
  Kardinalbarsch
• 
  Nectamia zebrinus
  Kardinalbarsch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-11-27 09:54:39 

Last edit:

2018-04-29 20:58:41 

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