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Paroncheilus affinis Bigtooth cardinalfish

Paroncheilus affinis is commonly referred to as Bigtooth cardinalfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Никакого Животного Начинающего. A aquarium size of at least 500 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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lexID:
4757 
AphiaID:
272968 
Scientific:
Paroncheilus affinis 
German:
Großzahn Kardinalbarsch 
English:
Bigtooth Cardinalfish 
Category:
Рыбы - Кардиналы 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Apogonidae (Family) > Paroncheilus (Genus) > affinis (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Poey, ), 1875 
Occurrence:
Suriname, Cuba, East-Atlantic Ocean, Florida, Jamaica, Mexico (East Pacific), The Bahamas, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Caribbean, the Cayman Islands, The Gulf of Guinea, USA, West-Atlantic Ocean 
Sea depth:
20 - 300 Meter 
Size:
up to 4.33" (11 cm) 
Temperature:
68 °F - 78.8 °F (20°C - 26°C) 
Food:
Brine Shrimp Nauplii, Brine Shrimps, Copepods, Cyclops, Daphnia salina, Mysis, Zoobenthos, Zooplankton 
Tank:
109.99 gal (~ 500L)  
Difficulty:
Никакого Животного Начинающего 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Least concern (LC)  
Related species at
Catalog of Life
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2021-03-27 14:51:02 

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(Poey, 1875)

Distribution
Western Central Atlantic: southern Florida, USA and Bahamas to Venezuela; reported to reach Suriname (Ref. 13608). Eastern Central Atlantic: Gulf of Guinea. Reported from Cape Verde.

Biology
Adults prefer exposed deep reefs and rocky outcroppings (Ref. 7251). Eggs are incubated orally by both parents (Ref. 240). This is the only species in the genus Paroncheilus with mouthbrooding done by males and females.

Synonyms:
Apogon affinis (Poey, 1875)
Cheilodipterus affinis (Poey, 1875)
Chilodipterus affinis Poey, 1875
Paroncheilus stauchi Smith, 1964
Phaeoptyx affinis (Poey, 1875)

External links

  1. FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Homepage Prof. Dr. Peter Wirtz (en) (Archive.org). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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