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Galeoides decadactylus Lesser African threadfin

Galeoides decadactylus is commonly referred to as Lesser African threadfin. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:
4666 
AphiaID:
126997 
Scientific:
Galeoides decadactylus 
German:
Afrikanischer Fadenflosser, Fingerfisch 
English:
Lesser African Threadfin 
Category:
Øvrig fisk 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Polynemidae (Family) > Galeoides (Genus) > decadactylus (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Bloch, ), 1795 
Occurrence:
Gambia, Benin, Ghana, West Sahara, Algeria, Angola, Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Mauritania, Morocco, Namibia, Nigeria, São Tomé e Principé, Senegal, Sierra Leone, the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago, The Gulf of Guinea, the Ivory Coast, Togo, West Africa 
Sea depth:
10 - 70 Meter 
Size:
11.81" - 19.69" (30cm - 50cm) 
Temperature:
68 °F - 82.4 °F (20°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Crabs, Detritus, Fish (little fishes), Invertebrates, Mantis shrimps, Mysis, Rock shrimps, Schrimps, Sea squirts, Starfishs, Worms, Zoobenthos 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for home aquaria! 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Near threatened (NT) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2020-03-28 22:51:00 

Info

(Bloch, 1795)

Distribution
Eastern Atlantic: Morocco to Angola, including the Canary Islands.
Sporadically known from Algeria and Namibia (Ref. 57343). Record from Mauritius is likely to be erroneous.

Biology
Occurs over sandy and muddy bottoms in shallow waters, frequently in brackish habitats.
Feeds on benthic invertebrates.
Sold fresh, dried salted or smoked.

Synonymised taxa:
Galeoides polydactylus (Vahl, 1798)
Polynemus astrolabi Sauvage, 1881
Polynemus decadactylus Bloch, 1795
Polynemus enneadactylus Cuvier, 1829
Polynemus polydactylus Vahl, 1798

External links

  1. FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Homepage Prof. Dr. Peter Wirtz (en) (Archive.org). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  4. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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