Discotrema crinophilum Crinoid clingfish

Discotrema crinophilum is commonly referred to as Crinoid clingfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

5092 

AphiaID:

398425 

Scientific:

Discotrema crinophilum 

German:

Haarstern-Schildbauch, 3-Streifen-Schildbauch 

English:

Crinoid Clingfish 

Category:

Clingfishes 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Gobiesociformes (Order) > Gobiesocidae (Family) > Discotrema (Genus) > crinophilum (Species) 

Initial determination:

Briggs, 1976 

Occurrence:

Australia, Bali, China, Christmas Islands, Corea, Fiji, Flores, Great Barrier Reef, Indonesia, Japan, Java, Komodo (Komodo Island), Lombok, Loyalty Islands, Malaysia, New Caledonia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Raja Amat, Solomon Islands, Spratly Islands, Taiwan, The Ryukyu Islands, Timor, Vanuatu 

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:

8 - 20 Meter 

Habitats:

Coral reefs, Reef slopes, Reef walls, Reef-associated, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

up to 1.97" (5 cm) 

Temperature:

24,9 °F - 29,3 °F (24,9°C - 29,3°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, No reliable information available 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Discotrema crinophilum
  Haarstern-Schildbauch, 3-Streifen-Schildbauch
• 
  Discotrema monogrammum
  Einlinien-Schildbauch
• Discotrema zonatum

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-02-04 19:38:07 

Last edit:

2025-04-20 20:25:37 

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