Monotaxis heterodon Humpnose Big-eye Bream, Redfin emperor

Monotaxis heterodonis commonly referred to as Humpnose Big-eye Bream, Redfin emperor. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. A aquarium size of at least 100000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

4192 

AphiaID:

305206 

Scientific:

Monotaxis heterodon 

German:

Großaugen-Schnapper 

English:

Humpnose Big-eye Bream, Redfin Emperor 

Category:

Lethrinidae 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Sparidae (Family) > Monotaxis (Genus) > heterodon (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Bleeker), 1854 

Occurrence:

(the) Maldives, Australia, Brunei Darussalam, East Africa, Fiji, Guam, Hawaii, India, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, Micronesia, New Caledonia, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland (Australia), Red Sea, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Thailand, the Seychelles, Timor, Vanuatu 

Sea depth:

3 - 25 Meter 

Size:

up to 23.62" (60 cm) 

Temperature:

73.4 °F - 80.6 °F (23°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Crabs, Frozen Food (large sort), Living Food, Snails, Worms, Zooplankton 

Tank:

21997.84 gal (~ 100000L)  

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Monotaxis bracteata
• Monotaxis grandiflora
• 
  Monotaxis grandoculis
  Großaugen-Straßenkehrer
• Monotaxis linifolia
• Monotaxis luteiflora
• Monotaxis macrophylla
• Monotaxis occidentalis
• Monotaxis paxii
• Monotaxis tenuis

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Monotaxis heterodon
  Großaugen-Schnapper

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2012-03-12 09:12:28 

Last edit:

2022-02-05 16:28:33 

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