Cyclopsetta panamensis God's flounder

Cyclopsetta panamensisis commonly referred to as God's flounder. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

8797 

AphiaID:

275702 

Scientific:

Cyclopsetta panamensis 

German:

Scheinbutt 

English:

God's Flounder 

Category:

Flounders & Soles 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Pleuronectiformes (Order) > Paralichthyidae (Family) > Cyclopsetta (Genus) > panamensis (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Steindachner, ), 1876 

Occurrence:

El Salvador, Chile, Columbia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Gulf of California, Honduras, Mexico (East Pacific), Nicaragua, Panama, Peru 

Size:

9.84" - 13.78" (25cm - 35cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 78.8 °F (°C - 26°C) 

Food:

Crustaceans, Fish larvae, Invertebrates, Mysis, Schrimps, Worms, Zoobenthos 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Cyclopsetta chittendeni
• Cyclopsetta fimbriata
• 
  Cyclopsetta panamensis
  Scheinbutt
• Cyclopsetta querna

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2015-09-30 14:16:30 

Last edit:

2015-09-30 14:16:30 

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