Pentapodus setosus Butterfly whiptail

Pentapodus setosus is commonly referred to as Butterfly whiptail. 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:

5201 

AphiaID:

282210 

Scientific:

Pentapodus setosus 

German:

Schmetterlings-Scheinschnapper 

English:

Butterfly Whiptail 

Category:

Whiptail breams 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Nemipteridae (Family) > Pentapodus (Genus) > setosus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Valenciennes, ), 1830 

Occurrence:

Bali, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, South China Sea, Thailand, Timor, Vietnam 

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:

5 - 50 Meter 

Size:

5.91" - 7.09" (15cm - 18cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 80.6 °F (22°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Crustaceans, Invertebrates, Mysis, Rock shrimps, Schrimps, Zoobenthos 

Tank:

439.96 gal (~ 2000L)  

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:

• 
  Pentapodus aureofasciatus
  Scheinschnapper
• 
  Pentapodus bifasciatus
  Schnapper
• 
  Pentapodus caninus
  Fangzahn-Scheinschnapper
• 
  Pentapodus emeryii
  Emerys Scheinschnapper
• 
  Pentapodus komodoensis
  Komodo-Scheinschnapper
• 
  Pentapodus nagasakiensis
  Scheinschnapper
• 
  Pentapodus numberii
  Scheinschnapper
• 
  Pentapodus paradiseus
  Scheinschnapper
• 
  Pentapodus porosus
  Scheinschnapper
• 
  Pentapodus setosus
  Schmetterlings-Scheinschnapper
• 
  Pentapodus trivittatus
  Dreistreifen-Scheinschnapper
• 
  Pentapodus vitta
  Scheinschnapper
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Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-03-24 20:17:23 

Last edit:

2024-09-12 21:54:44 

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