Ostracion trachys Roughskin trunkfish

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lexID:

10858 

AphiaID:

219913 

Scientific:

Ostracion trachys 

German:

Mauritius Kofferfisch 

English:

Roughskin Trunkfish 

Category:

Boxfishes/Cowfishes 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Tetraodontiformes (Order) > Ostraciidae (Family) > Ostracion (Genus) > trachys (Species) 

Initial determination:

Randall, 1975 

Occurrence:

Mauritius, Réunion , Western Indian Ocean 

Sea depth:

15 - 30 Meter 

Size:

up to 4.33" (11 cm) 

Temperature:

- 80.6 °F (°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Fish (little fishes), Invertebrates 

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:

• 
  Ostracion cubicus
  Gewöhnlicher Kofferfisch
• 
  Ostracion cyanurus
  Blauschwanz-Kofferfisch - Arabischer Kofferfisch
• 
  Ostracion immaculatus
  Japanischer Kofferfisch
• 
  Ostracion meleagris
  Weißtüfpel-Kofferfisch
• 
  Ostracion rhinorhynchos
  Nashorn-Kofferfisch
• 
  Ostracion solorensis
  Kofferfisch
• 
  Ostracion trachys
  Mauritius Kofferfisch
• 
  Ostracion whitleyi
  Kofferfisch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2017-06-26 20:08:51 

Last edit:

2017-06-27 17:12:33 

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