Scarus spinus Greensnout parrotfish

Scarus spinus is commonly referred to as Greensnout parrotfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: 3 - Ganska enkel. A aquarium size of at least 1500 Liter is recommended.

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Greensnout parrotfish - Scarus spinus (c) by Peter Schmiedel

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lexID:: 3375
AphiaID:: 276061

Scientific:: Scarus spinus
German:: Papageifisch
English:: Greensnout Parrotfish

Category:: Papegojfiskar

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Scaridae (Family) > Scarus (Genus) > spinus (Species)
Initial determination:: (Kner, ), 1868

Occurrence:: Great Barrier Reef, Indian Ocean, Philippines, Samoa
Size:: up to 7.87" (20 cm)
Temperature:: 75.2 °F - 80.6 °F (24°C - 27°C)
Food:: Algae (Algivore)
Tank:: 329.97 gal (~ 1500L)
Difficulty:: 3 - Ganska enkel

CITES:

Not evaluated

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2010-11-02 19:45:24
Last edit:: 2010-11-02 19:45:24

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Haltung von Peter Schmiedel:

Sind, wie alle Papagiefische,reine Algenschaber und sollten sich im Normalfall nicht an Korallen vergreifen.
Bisher sind nur dann Probleme aufgetreten, wenn die Fische keine Steine mehr zum Abgrasen gefunden haben.
Also in völlig zugestellten SPS-Becken in denen man keinen Substratstein mehr sieht.

Ansonsten wie andere Scarus Arten

Actinopterygii
Perciformes
Scaridae
Scarinae
Scarus spinus (Kner, 1868)

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Greensnout parrotfish - Scarus spinus (c) by Peter Schmiedel

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