Trichonotus elegans Long-rayed Sand-diver, Threadfin Sand-diver

Trichonotus elegans is commonly referred to as Long-rayed Sand-diver, Threadfin Sand-diver. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. A aquarium size of at least 2000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

4102 

AphiaID:

279119 

Scientific:

Trichonotus elegans 

German:

Fadenflossen-Sandtaucher, Lang-Strahlen Sandtaucher 

English:

Long-rayed Sand-diver, Threadfin Sand-diver 

Category:

Sand diver 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Trichonotidae (Family) > Trichonotus (Genus) > elegans (Species) 

Initial determination:

Shimada & Yoshino, 1984 

Occurrence:

(the) Maldives, Bali, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), Fiji, Guam, Indonesia, Japan, Marschall Islands, Maumere, Micronesia, New Caledonia, Palau, Papua, Papua New Guinea, Raja Amat, Sumatra, The Ryukyu Islands, Western Indian Ocean, Western Pacific Ocean 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

10 - 40 Meter 

Habitats:

Coastal waters, Coral reefs, Coralline soils, coral quarry, Gravel soils, Rubble rocks, Lagoons, Reef slopes, Rubble floors, Sandy sea floors, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

up to 7.09" (18 cm) 

Temperature:

76.28 °F - 83.84 °F (24.6°C - 28.8°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Zooplankton 

Tank:

439.96 gal (~ 2000L)  

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Trichonotus arabicus
• Trichonotus blochii
• Trichonotus cyclograptus
• 
  Trichonotus elegans
  Fadenflossen-Sandtaucher, Lang-Strahlen Sandtaucher
• 
  Trichonotus filamentosus
  Sandtaucher
• 
  Trichonotus halstead
  Sandtaucher
• 
  Trichonotus marleyi
  Sandtaucher
• 
  Trichonotus nikii
  Rotmeer-Sandtaucher
• 
  Trichonotus setiger
  Sandtaucher
• Trichonotus somaliensis

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2012-02-07 09:15:05 

Last edit:

2025-05-03 12:47:00 

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