Paramonacanthus tricuspis Estuary Filefish

Paramonacanthus tricuspis is commonly referred to as Estuary Filefish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not for beginners. A aquarium size of at least 500 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

5249 

AphiaID:

278930 

Scientific:

Paramonacanthus tricuspis 

German:

Feilenfisch 

English:

Estuary Filefish 

Category:

Filefishes 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Tetraodontiformes (Order) > Monacanthidae (Family) > Paramonacanthus (Genus) > tricuspis (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Hollard, ), 1854 

Occurrence:

(the) Maldives, Bali, Flores, India, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Philippines, Sumatra, Thailand 

Sea depth:

10 - 50 Meter 

Size:

up to 3.94" (10 cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 80.6 °F (22°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), Brine Shrimps, Cyclops, Daphnia salina, Fish (little fishes), Fish larvae, Invertebrates, Mysis, Worms, Zoobenthos, Zooplankton 

Tank:

109.99 gal (~ 500L)  

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:

• Paramonacanthus arabicus
• Paramonacanthus choirocephalus
• Paramonacanthus cryptodon
• 
  Paramonacanthus curtorhynchos
  Feilenfisch
• Paramonacanthus frenatus
• 
  Paramonacanthus japonicus
  Feilenfisch
• Paramonacanthus lowei
• Paramonacanthus matsuurai
• 
  Paramonacanthus nematophorus
  Feilenfisch
• Paramonacanthus nipponensis
• 
  Paramonacanthus oblongus
  Haarflossen-Feiilenfisch, Japanese Leatherjacket
• 
  Paramonacanthus otisensis
  Feilenfisch
• 
  Paramonacanthus pusillus
  Feilenfisch
• 
  Paramonacanthus sulcatus
  Feilenfisch
• 
  Paramonacanthus tricuspis
  Feilenfisch
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Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-04-12 17:46:22 

Last edit:

2020-04-26 21:34:14 

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