Cheilodipterus nigrotaeniatus Mimic Cardinalfish

Cheilodipterus nigrotaeniatus is commonly referred to as Mimic Cardinalfish . Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Jim Greenfield, Großbritannien

Foto: Raja Ampat, West-Papua, Indonesien 2015

Courtesy of the author Jim Greenfield, Großbritannien . Please visit www.oceaneyephoto.com for more information.

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lexID:: 9993
AphiaID:: 278893

Scientific:: Cheilodipterus nigrotaeniatus
German:: Kardinalbarsch
English:: Mimic Cardinalfish

Category:: Kardinalaborrar

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Apogonidae (Family) > Cheilodipterus (Genus) > nigrotaeniatus (Species)
Initial determination:: Smith & Radcliffe, 1912

Occurrence:: Australia, Great Barrier Reef, Indonesia, Komodo (Komodo Island), Papua, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Raja Amat, Solomon Islands, Sulawesi, The Bangai Archipelago, Togean Islands, West Papua
Sea depth:: 2 - 25 Meter
Size:: up to 3.94" (10 cm)
Temperature:: 32 °F - 82.4 °F (0°C - 28°C)
Food:: Copepods, Crustaceans, Daphnia salina, Fish (little fishes), Fish larvae, Invertebrates, Mysis, Schrimps
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2016-10-06 17:53:45
Last edit:: 2016-10-06 17:53:45

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Smith & Radcliffe, 1912

Very special thanks for the first photos of Halichoeres papilionaceus to Prof. Dr. Arthur R. Bos,The American University in Cairo, Egypt and Department of Marine Zoology NATURALIS Biodiversity Center, Leiden, Netherlands and Jim Greenfield, UK.

Cheilodipterus nigrotaeniatus is apparently a Batesian mimic of the saber-toothed blenny Meiacanthus grammistes.

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopteri (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Percoidei (Suborder) > Apogonidae (Family) > Apogoninae (Subfamily) > Cheilodipterus (Genus) > Cheilodipterus nigrotaeniatus (Species)

External links

Encyclodedia of Life (EOL) (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Foto: Raja Ampat, West-Papua, Indonesien 2015

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