Caracanthus unipinna Caracanthus unipinna

Caracanthus unipinna is commonly referred to as Caracanthus unipinna. Difficulty in the aquarium: 4 - Medelsvår. A aquarium size of at least 30 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Has a poison harmful to health.

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lexID:

3033 

AphiaID:

220365 

Scientific:

Caracanthus unipinna 

German:

Pelzgroppe 

English:

Caracanthus Unipinna 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Scorpaeniformes (Order) > Scorpaenidae (Family) > Caracanthus (Genus) > unipinna (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Gray, ), 1831 

Occurrence:

(the) Maldives, American Samoa, Ashmore and Cartier Islands, Australia, Christmas Islands, Comores, East Africa, Fiji, Great Barrier Reef, Guam, India, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, Madagascar, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Micronesia, Mozambique, New Caledonia, Northern Mariana Islands, Ogasawara Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Pitcairn Islands, Queensland (Australia), Réunion , Samoa, South-Africa, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Cocos Islands / Keeling Islands, The Ryukyu Islands, the Seychelles, Timor, Tonga, Tuamoto Islands, Western Indian Ocean 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

1 - 15 Meter 

Size:

up to 1.97" (5 cm) 

Temperature:

73.4 °F - 82.4 °F (23°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Brine Shrimps, Mysis 

Tank:

6.6 gal (~ 30L)  

Difficulty:

4 - Medelsvår 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Has a poison harmful to health 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Caracanthus maculatus
  Pelzgroppe
• 
  Caracanthus madagascariensis
  Pelzgroppe
• 
  Caracanthus typicus
  Hawaiianische Pelzgroppe
• 
  Caracanthus unipinna
  Pelzgroppe

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2010-02-20 00:53:37 

Last edit:

2020-05-21 18:45:37 

Toxicity

This is a general hint!
Caracanthus unipinna has a harmful toxin.
As a rule, animals with a harmful poison do not pose mortal danger in normal Aquarieaner everyday life. Read the following husbandry information and comments from aquarists who already keep Caracanthus unipinna in their aquarium to get a better picture about the possible danger. However, please be careful when using Caracanthus unipinna. Every human reacts differently to poisons.
If you suspect that you have come into contact with the poison, please contact your doctor or the poison emergency call.
The phone number of the poison emergency call can be found here:
[overview_and_url_DE]
Overview Europe: European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxicologists

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