Nectamia similis Similar cardinalfish

Nectamia similis is commonly referred to as Similar cardinalfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

8276 

AphiaID:

398509 

Scientific:

Nectamia similis 

German:

Kardinalbarsch 

English:

Similar Cardinalfish 

Category:

Cardinalfishes 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Apogonidae (Family) > Nectamia (Genus) > similis (Species) 

Initial determination:

Fraser, 2008 

Occurrence:

Ambon, Banda Sea, Great Barrier Reef, Indonesia, Java, Malaysia, Micronesia, Palau, Papua, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland (Australia), South China Sea, Sulawesi 

Sea depth:

6 - 12 Meter 

Size:

up to 2.48" (6.3 cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 80.6 °F (22°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Copepods, Daphnia salina, Invertebrates, Krill, Mysis, Zooplankton 

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:

• 
  Nectamia annularis
  Schwarzring-Kardinalbarsch
• 
  Nectamia bandanensis
  Kardinalbarsch
• 
  Nectamia fusca
  Geister Kardinalbarsch
• 
  Nectamia ignitops
  "Feueraugen"-Kardinalbarsch
• 
  Nectamia luxuria
  Kardinalbarsch
• 
  Nectamia savayensis
  Kardinalbarsch
• 
  Nectamia similis
  Kardinalbarsch
• 
  Nectamia viria
  Kardinalbarsch

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Nectamia zebrina
  Kardinalbarsch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2015-04-25 11:31:42 

Last edit:

2018-08-22 21:24:05 

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