Chaetodipterus lippei West African spadefish

Chaetodipterus lippei is commonly referred to as West African spadefish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not for beginners. A aquarium size of at least 1500 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

5161 

AphiaID:

276411 

Scientific:

Chaetodipterus lippei 

German:

Spatenfisch 

English:

West African Spadefish 

Category:

Batfishes 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Ephippidae (Family) > Chaetodipterus (Genus) > lippei (Species) 

Initial determination:

Steindachner, 1895 

Occurrence:

Gambia, Angola, East-Atlantic Ocean, Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, Sierra Leone, the Cape Verde Archipelago, The Gulf of Guinea, Togo 

Sea depth:

10 - 50 Meter 

Size:

7.87" - 12.2" (20cm - 31cm) 

Temperature:

68 °F - 80.6 °F (20°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), Clams, Cnidaria, Invertebrates, Sea squirts, Snails, Sponges, Worms 

Tank:

329.97 gal (~ 1500L)  

Difficulty:

Not for beginners 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Chaetodipterus faber
  Atlantischer Spatenfisch
• 
  Chaetodipterus lippei
  Spatenfisch
• Chaetodipterus zonatus

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-03-11 18:47:45 

Last edit:

2020-04-28 13:33:29 

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