Paraploactis obbesi Sulu velvetfish, Phantom velvetfish

Paraploactis obbesi is commonly referred to as Sulu velvetfish, Phantom velvetfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. A aquarium size of at least 500 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic.

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lexID:

6637 

AphiaID:

282093 

Scientific:

Paraploactis obbesi 

German:

Samtfisch 

English:

Sulu Velvetfish, Phantom Velvetfish 

Category:

Głowaczowate 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Scorpaeniformes (Order) > Aploactinidae (Family) > Paraploactis (Genus) > obbesi (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Weber, ), 1913 

Occurrence:

Bali, Indonesia, Lembeh Strait, Malaysia, Papua, Philippines, Sulawesi, Western Pacific Ocean 

Sea depth:

10 - 30 Meter 

Size:

up to 1.97" (5 cm) 

Temperature:

73.4 °F - 80.6 °F (23°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Fish (little fishes), Living Food, Mysis 

Tank:

109.99 gal (~ 500L)  

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Paraploactis hongkongiensis
• Paraploactis intonsa
• 
  Paraploactis kagoshimensis
  Phantom Samtfisch
• 
  Paraploactis obbesi
  Samtfisch
• Paraploactis pulvinus
• Paraploactis taprobanensis
• Paraploactis trachyderma

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Paraploactis sp.
  Samtfisch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-01-20 08:21:26 

Last edit:

2018-09-29 09:59:51 

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