Ptarmus gallus Crested velvetfish

Ptarmus gallus is commonly referred to as Crested velvetfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Only for advanced aquarists. A aquarium size of at least 300 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

2253 

AphiaID:

218132 

Scientific:

Ptarmus gallus 

German:

Kronen-Samtfisch, Blatt-Samtfisch 

English:

Crested Velvetfish 

Category:

Scorpionfishes/Stonefishes 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Scorpaeniformes (Order) > Aploactinidae (Family) > Ptarmus (Genus) > gallus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Kossmann & Räuber, ), 1877 

Occurrence:

Suez-Kanal, East Africa, Egypt, Mozambique, Red Sea, Saudi Arabia, South-Africa, Western Indian Ocean 

Sea depth:

5 - 30 Meter 

Size:

up to 1.18" (3 cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 80.6 °F (22°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Food specialist, Living Food 

Tank:

65.99 gal (~ 300L)  

Difficulty:

Only for advanced aquarists 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Ptarmus gallus
  Kronen-Samtfisch, Blatt-Samtfisch
• Ptarmus jubatus

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2007-05-28 17:39:12 

Last edit:

2020-10-04 20:10:26 

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