Labropsis australis Southern tubelip

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AphiaID:: 278464

Scientific:: Labropsis australis
German:: Putzerlippfisch
English:: Southern Tubelip

Category:: Wrasses
Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Labridae (Family) > Labropsis (Genus) > australis (Species)
Initial determination:: Randall, 1981

Occurrence:: Australia, Coral sea, Fiji, Great Barrier Reef, Lord Howe Island, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu, Vietnam
Sea depth:: 2 - 55 Meter
Size:: up to 3.15" (8 cm)
Temperature:: 68 °F - 82.4 °F (20°C - 28°C)
Food:: Coral polyps = corallivorous, Crustaceans, Mucus, Zooplankton
Difficulty:: Not suitable for home aquaria!
Offspring:: Not available as offspring

Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown
CITES:: Not evaluated
Red List:: Least concern (LC)

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Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2015-03-30 18:51:37
Last edit:: 2018-12-31 14:23:38

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Randall, 1981

The Southern Tubelip inhabits shallow reef areas with high coral cover, adults feed on coral polyps while juveniles take ectoparasites and possibly mucus of other reef fishes!

So the beauty have to stay where it is, in the wild, no wrasse for reef-tanks.

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Labridae (Family) > Labropsis (Genus) > Labropsis australis (Species)

Labropsis australis Southern tubelip

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