Monacanthus tuckeri Slender Filefish

Monacanthus tuckeriis commonly referred to as Slender Filefish. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. A aquarium size of at least 500 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

4468 

AphiaID:

159499 

Scientific:

Monacanthus tuckeri 

German:

Schlanker Feilenfisch 

English:

Slender Filefish 

Category:

Filefishes 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Tetraodontiformes (Order) > Monacanthidae (Family) > Monacanthus (Genus) > tuckeri (Species) 

Initial determination:

Bean, 1906 

Occurrence:

Guadeloupe, Barbados, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cuba, Curacao, Dominican Republic, Florida, Grenada, Gulf of Mexico, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, South America, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, the Cayman Islands, USA, Venezuela, Virgin Islands, U.S., 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:

2 - 50 Meter 

Size:

up to 3.94" (10 cm) 

Temperature:

68 °F - 82.4 °F (20°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Algae, Brine Shrimps, Frozen Food (large sort), Invertebrates, Living Food, Zooplankton 

Tank:

109.99 gal (~ 500L)  

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:

• 
  Monacanthus chinensis
  Feilenfisch
• 
  Monacanthus ciliatus
  Feilenfisch
• 
  Monacanthus tuckeri
  Schlanker Feilenfisch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2012-07-24 18:34:50 

Last edit:

2019-07-28 17:08:55 

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