Pentapodus komodoensis Komodo whiptail

Pentapodus komodoensis is commonly referred to as Komodo whiptail. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

11039 

AphiaID:

834979 

Scientific:

Pentapodus komodoensis 

German:

Komodo-Scheinschnapper 

English:

Komodo Whiptail 

Category:

Karussfisk 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Nemipteridae (Family) > Pentapodus (Genus) > komodoensis (Species) 

Initial determination:

Allen & Erdmann, 2012 

Occurrence:

Endemic species, Indonesia, Komodo (Komodo Island) 

Sea depth:

12 - 25 Meter 

Size:

10,4 cm 

Temperature:

°F - 78.8 °F (°C - 26°C) 

Food:

No reliable information available, Zooplankton 

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 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Pentapodus aureofasciatus
  Scheinschnapper
• 
  Pentapodus bifasciatus
  Schnapper
• 
  Pentapodus caninus
  Fangzahn-Scheinschnapper
• 
  Pentapodus emeryii
  Emerys Scheinschnapper
• 
  Pentapodus komodoensis
  Komodo-Scheinschnapper
• 
  Pentapodus nagasakiensis
  Scheinschnapper
• 
  Pentapodus numberii
  Scheinschnapper
• 
  Pentapodus paradiseus
  Scheinschnapper
• 
  Pentapodus porosus
  Scheinschnapper
• 
  Pentapodus setosus
  Schmetterlings-Scheinschnapper
• 
  Pentapodus trivittatus
  Dreistreifen-Scheinschnapper
• 
  Pentapodus vitta
  Scheinschnapper
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Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2017-09-10 21:22:06 

Last edit:

2017-09-11 13:18:58 

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