Encheliophis homei Silver Pearlfish Indo-Pacific Messmate Fish

Encheliophis homei is commonly referred to as Silver Pearlfish Indo-Pacific Messmate Fish. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

10686 

AphiaID:

217827 

Scientific:

Encheliophis homei 

German:

Silberner Perlfisch , Silberner Eingeweidefisch 

English:

Silver Pearlfish Indo-Pacific Messmate Fish 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Teleostei (Class) > Ophidiiformes (Order) > Carapidae (Family) > Encheliophis (Genus) > homei (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Richardson, ), 1846 

Occurrence:

American Samoa, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Ashmore and Cartier Islands, Australia, Bali, China, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), East Africa, Eastern Indian Ocean, French Polynesia, Great Barrier Reef, Guam, India, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Japan, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Micronesia, Mozambique, New Caledonia, Palau, Papua, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland (Australia), Red Sea, Réunion , Samoa, Sumatra, Tahiti, Taiwan, Thailand, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), The Ryukyu Islands, the Seychelles, the Society Islands, Timor, Tonga, Vietnam, Western Australia, Western Indian Ocean 

Sea depth:

0 - 30 Meter 

Size:

up to 7.48" (19 cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 78.8 °F (°C - 26°C) 

Food:

Fish (little fishes), Fish larvae, Invertebrates, Mysis, Parasitic, Predatory, Schrimps, Worms 

Difficulty:

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

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Encheliophis boraborensis
• Encheliophis chardewalli
• Encheliophis gracilis
• 
  Encheliophis homei
  Silberner Perlfisch , Silberner Eingeweidefisch
• Encheliophis sagamianus
• Encheliophis vermicularis
• Encheliophis vermiops

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2017-04-30 20:01:43 

Last edit:

2025-02-25 21:34:44 

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