Malacanthus plumieri Sand tilefish

Malacanthus plumieri is commonly referred to as Sand tilefish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

5687 

AphiaID:

277261 

Scientific:

Malacanthus plumieri 

German:

Sand-Torpedobarsch 

English:

Sand Tilefish 

Category:

Tilefishes 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Malacanthidae (Family) > Malacanthus (Genus) > plumieri (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Bloch, ), 1786 

Occurrence:

Barbados, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Belize, Bermuda, Brazil, Columbia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Hawaii, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico (East Pacific), Puerto Rico, South-Africa, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, the Cayman Islands, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela, West-Atlantic Ocean 

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:

10 - 153 Meter 

Size:

up to 27.56" (70 cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Amphipods, Crustaceans, Fish (little fishes), Invertebrates, Living Food, Predatory, Rock shrimps, Schrimps, Sea urchins, Snails, Starfishs, Worms 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Malacanthus brevirostris
  Torpedobarsch
• 
  Malacanthus latovittatus
  Torpedobarsch
• 
  Malacanthus plumieri
  Sand-Torpedobarsch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-07-03 13:52:21 

Last edit:

2022-12-16 15:51:05 

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