Cephalopholis colonus Pacific Creole-fish, Pacific Creolfis

Cephalopholis colonus is commonly referred to as Pacific Creole-fish, Pacific Creolfis. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. A aquarium size of at least 4500 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:: 7015
AphiaID:: 1750630

Scientific:: Cephalopholis colonus
German:: Zackenbarsch
English:: Pacific Creole-fish, Pacific Creolfis

Category:: Okonie morskie

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Teleostei (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Epinephelidae (Family) > Cephalopholis (Genus) > colonus (Species)
Initial determination:: (Valenciennes, ), 1846

Occurrence:: Eastern Pacific Ocean, Galapagos Islands, Gulf of California, Peru
Sea depth:: 10 - 70 Meter
Size:: up to 14.17" (36 cm)
Temperature:: ~ 57.2 °F (14°C)
Food:: Crustaceans, Fish (little fishes), omnivore, Predatory
Tank:: 989.9 gal (~ 4500L)
Difficulty:: Not suitable for home aquaria!
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Least concern (LC)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

More related species in this lexicon:

Cephalopholis colonus
Zackenbarsch

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2014-04-14 10:47:23
Last edit:: 2024-12-03 14:37:12

Info

Pacific creole-fish

Found typically in small aggregations well above the reef, but will retreat to the reef at the approach of danger. Feeds mainly on small planktonic animals picked individually from the water

Synonymised names:
Epinephelus colonus (Valenciennes, 1846) · unaccepted > superseded combination (senior synonym)
Paranthias colonus (Valenciennes, 1846) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Paranthias pinguis Walford, 1936 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Serranus colonus Valenciennes, 1846 · unaccepted > superseded combination

External links

Diver.net Chris Grossman's Underwater Photography (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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