Pentapodus bifasciatus White-shouldered whiptail

Pentapodus bifasciatus is commonly referred to as White-shouldered whiptail. Difficulty in the aquarium: Only for advanced aquarists. A aquarium size of at least 2000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

5586 

AphiaID:

282204 

Scientific:

Pentapodus bifasciatus 

German:

Schnapper 

English:

White-shouldered Whiptail 

Category:

Whiptail breams 

Family tree:

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

Initial determination:

(Bleeker, ), 1848 

Occurrence:

Brunei Darussalam, Central Pazific, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Western Pacific Ocean 

Size:

3.94" - 7.09" (10cm - 18cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Amphipods, Fish (little fishes), Frozen food (small sorts), Invertebrates, Krill, Mysis, Rock shrimps, Schrimps, Snails, Worms, Zooplankton 

Tank:

439.96 gal (~ 2000L)  

Difficulty:

Only for advanced aquarists 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

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:

2013-06-03 22:17:16 

Last edit:

2013-06-03 22:17:16 

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