Apistus carinatus Ocellated Waspfish

Apistus carinatus is commonly referred to as Ocellated Waspfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Dla zaawansowanych. A aquarium size of at least 1000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Highly toxic.

Profile

lexID:

3040 

AphiaID:

221440 

Scientific:

Apistus carinatus 

German:

Bärtiger Wespenfisch 

English:

Ocellated Waspfish 

Category:

Skrzydlice 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Scorpaeniformes (Order) > Apistidae (Family) > Apistus (Genus) > carinatus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Bloch & Schneider, ), 1801 

Occurrence:

Sudan, Vereinigte Arabische Emirate, Hong Kong, Kuwait, Arabian Sea, Australia, Bahrain, Bali, Brunei Darussalam, China, Corea, Djibouti, Egypt, Gulf of Oman / Oman, India, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Irak, Iran, Israel, Japan, Java, Jordan, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mozambique, New South Wales (Australia), Northern Territory (Australia), Ogasawara Islands, Papua, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Quatar, Queensland (Australia), Red Sea, Somalia, South-Africa, Sri Lanka, Sumatra, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, Western Australia 

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:

14 - 60 Meter 

Habitats:

Continental shelf, Demersal (bottom-dwelling fish), Sandy sea floors, Seawater, Sea water, Soft grounds 

Size:

3.94" - 7.87" (10cm - 20cm) 

Temperature:

23,3 °F - 84.2 °F (23,3°C - 29°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Fish (little fishes), Fish larvae, Predatory, Rock shrimps, Schrimps, Shrimps 

Tank:

219.98 gal (~ 1000L)  

Difficulty:

Dla zaawansowanych 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Highly toxic 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

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  Apistus carinatus
  Bärtiger Wespenfisch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2010-02-21 23:39:46 

Last edit:

2026-07-01 11:04:24 

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