Lepidamia natalensis Smallscale Cardinal

Lepidamia natalensis is commonly referred to as Smallscale Cardinal. 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:

8811 

AphiaID:

1018219 

Scientific:

Lepidamia natalensis 

German:

Kardinalbarsch 

English:

Smallscale Cardinal 

Category:

Cardinalfishes 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Apogonidae (Family) > Lepidamia (Genus) > natalensis (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Gilchrist & Thompson, ), 1908 

Occurrence:

East Africa, Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Oman / Oman, Kenya, Mozambique, Red Sea, Somalia, South-Africa, Tansania, Western Indian Ocean, Yemen 

Sea depth:

6 - 7 Meter 

Size:

up to 7.48" (19 cm) 

Temperature:

78.8 °F - 82.4 °F (26°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Copepods, Daphnia salina, Fish (little fishes), Fish larvae, Invertebrates, Mysis, Schrimps, Zoobenthos, Zooplankton 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Lepidamia kalosoma
  Kardinalbarsch
• 
  Lepidamia multitaeniata
  Kardinalbarsch
• 
  Lepidamia natalensis
  Kardinalbarsch
• Lepidamia omanensis

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2015-10-04 10:04:12 

Last edit:

2020-09-30 08:51:47 

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