Pteropsaron springeri Springer's sand-diver

Pteropsaron springeri is commonly referred to as Springer's sand-diver. 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:

9473 

AphiaID:

398602 

Scientific:

Pteropsaron springeri 

German:

Schnabelfisch 

English:

Springer's Sand-diver 

Category:

Sanddiver 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Percophidae (Family) > Pteropsaron (Genus) > springeri (Species) 

Initial determination:

Smith & Johnson, 2007 

Occurrence:

Alor, Bali, Central Pazific, Flores, Indonesia, Palau, Philippines, Timor, Western Pacific Ocean 

Sea depth:

18 - 73 Meter 

Size:

up to 1.1" (2.8 cm) 

Temperature:

75.2 °F - 80.6 °F (24°C - 27°C) 

Food:

No reliable information available 

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:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Pteropsaron dabfar
• Pteropsaron evolans
• Pteropsaron heemstrai
• Pteropsaron incisum
• Pteropsaron levitoni
• 
  Pteropsaron longipinnis
  Schnabelfisch (Sandtaucher)
• Pteropsaron natalensis
• Pteropsaron neocaledonicus
• 
  Pteropsaron springeri
  Schnabelfisch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2016-03-10 15:05:39 

Last edit:

2019-09-10 11:31:05 

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