Agonopsis chiloensis Snailfish

Agonopsis chiloensis is commonly referred to as Snailfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

2555 

AphiaID:

279520 

Scientific:

Agonopsis chiloensis 

German:

Groppe 

English:

Snailfish 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Scorpaeniformes (Order) > Agonidae (Family) > Agonopsis (Genus) > chiloensis (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Jenyns, ), 1840 

Occurrence:

Argentina, Chile, Eastern Pacific Ocean, Patagonia, South America, South-Pazific, the Falkland Islands, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Pacific Ocean 

Sea depth:

3 - 400 Meter 

Size:

up to 4.92" (12.5 cm) 

Temperature:

40.64 °F - 53.06 °F (4.8°C - 11.7°C) 

Food:

Fish (little fishes), Food specialist, Zoobenthos 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Agonopsis asperoculis
• 
  Agonopsis chiloensis
  Groppe
• 
  Agonopsis sterletus
  Südlicher Speernasen-Groppe
• 
  Agonopsis vulsa
  Nördliche Speernasen-Panzergroppe, See-Panzergroppe

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2008-08-10 16:34:47 

Last edit:

2023-04-27 23:18:46 

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