Zeus faber John dory

Zeus faber is commonly referred to as John dory. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. A aquarium size of at least 1000000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

4053 

AphiaID:

127427 

Scientific:

Zeus faber 

German:

Petersfisch 

English:

John Dory 

Category:

Övriga fiskar 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Zeiformes (Order) > Zeidae (Family) > Zeus (Genus) > faber (Species) 

Initial determination:

Linnaeus, 1758 

Occurrence:

Straße von Gibraltar, Hong Kong, Gambia, Tunesien, Russland, Ghana, Benin, West Sahara, the Black Sea, the North Sea, Algeria, Angola, Arafura Sea, Australia, Azores, Balearic Islands, Bass Strait, Cameroon, China, Congo, Corea, East-Atlantic Ocean, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, European Coasts, Gabon, Great Australian Bigh, Indian Ocean, Israel, Japan, Kenya, Madagascar, Madeira, Malaysia, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, New Zealand, Nigeria, Northern Africa, Northern Territory (Australia), Paracel-Islands, Portugal, Queensland (Australia), São Tomé e Principé, Scandinavia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Australia, South-Africa, Spain, Taiwan, Tansania, Tasmania (Australia), the British Isles, the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Faroe Islands, The Gulf of Guinea, the Isle of Man, the Ivory Coast, the Mediterranean Sea, Togo, Victoria (Australia), Vietnam, Western Australia, Western Pacific Ocean 

Sea depth:

5 - 400 Meter 

Size:

23.62" - 35.43" (60cm - 90cm) 

Temperature:

60.8 °F - 80.6 °F (16°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Fish (little fishes) 

Tank:

219978.44 gal (~ 1000000L)  

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Data deficient (DD) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Zeus capensis
• 
  Zeus faber
  Petersfisch
• Zeus olympius

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2012-02-01 12:47:31 

Last edit:

2020-03-30 13:47:42 

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