Phoxocampus tetrophthalmus

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lexID:: 7725
AphiaID:: 278054

Scientific:: Phoxocampus tetrophthalmus
German:: Rumpfband-Seenadel
English:: Kampen’s Pipefish , Trunk-barred Pipefish

Category:: Nålefisker
Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Syngnathiformes (Order) > Syngnathidae (Family) > Phoxocampus (Genus) > tetrophthalmus (Species)
Initial determination:: (Bleeker, ), 1858

Occurrence:: Moluccas, Lesser Sunda Islands, Raja Amat, Papua, the Cocos Islands / Keeling Islands, Andaman, Bali, Borneo, Filippinene, Guam, Indonesia, Japan, Java, Sentrale stillehavet, Stillehavet, Vest, Sulawesi, Sumatra
Sea depth:: 10 - 20 Meter
Size:: bis zu 8cm
Temperature:: 23°C - 26°C
Food:: Copepods, Amphipods, Artemia, Artemia Nauplii, Daphnia Salina, For-Spesialist, Levendefor, Mysis
Tank:: ~ 200 Liter
Difficulty:: Veldig vanskelig
Offspring:: Possible to breed

Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown
CITES:: Not evaluated
Red List:: Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2014-11-23 12:15:34
Last edit:: 2019-09-10 10:42:02

Captive breeding / propagation

The offspring of Phoxocampus tetrophthalmus are possible. Unfortunately, the number of offspring is not large enough to cover the demand of the trade. If you are interested in Phoxocampus tetrophthalmus, please ask your dealer for offspring. If you already own Phoxocampus tetrophthalmus, try breeding yourself. This will help to improve the availability of offspring in the trade and to conserve natural stocks.

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Phoxocampus tetrophthalmus (Bleeker, 1858)
Trunk-barred pipefish

Common in reef habitats. Found on soft bottoms. Ovoviviparous

Synonymised names:
Ichthyocampus kampeni Weber, 1913
Phoxocampus kampeni (Weber, 1913)
Syngnathus tetrophthalmus Bleeker, 1858
Syngnathus tetropthalmus Bleeker, 1858 (misspelling)

Classification:
Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) >Syngnathiformes (Order) > Syngnathidae (Family) > Syngnathinae (Subfamily) > Phoxocampus (Genus) > Phoxocampus tetrophthalmus (Species)

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