Chelidonichthys obscurus Longfin gurnard

Chelidonichthys obscurusis commonly referred to as Longfin gurnard. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

8208 

AphiaID:

127263 

Scientific:

Chelidonichthys obscurus 

German:

Knurrhahn 

English:

Longfin Gurnard 

Category:

Flying gurnards 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Scorpaeniformes (Order) > Triglidae (Family) > Chelidonichthys (Genus) > obscurus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Walbaum, ), 1792 

Occurrence:

Straße von Gibralta, Tunesien, Algeria, Azores, East-Atlantic Ocean, Egypt, European Coasts, Israel, Madeira, Morocco, Northern Africa, Portugal, Spain, the British Isles, the Canary Islands, the Mediterranean Sea, West Africa 

Sea depth:

0 - 170 Meter 

Size:

up to 9.45" (24 cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 73.4 °F (°C - 23°C) 

Food:

Algae, Amphipods, Clams, Copepods, Crabs, Crustaceans, Fish (little fishes), Krill, Lobster, Mantis shrimps, Mysis, Rock shrimps, Schrimps, Snails, Starfishs, Worms, Zoobenthos 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Chelidonichthys capensis
• Chelidonichthys cuculus
• Chelidonichthys gabonensis
• Chelidonichthys ischyrus
• 
  Chelidonichthys kumu
  Roter Knurrhahn
• 
  Chelidonichthys lastoviza
  Gestreifter Knurrhahn
• 
  Chelidonichthys lucerna
  Roter Knurrhahn
• 
  Chelidonichthys obscurus
  Knurrhahn
• Chelidonichthys queketti
• 
  Chelidonichthys spinosus
  Roter Stachelknurrhahn

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2015-03-29 18:15:19 

Last edit:

2020-01-28 16:43:17 

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