Genicanthus spinus Pitcairn angelfish

Genicanthus spinusis commonly referred to as Pitcairn angelfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

9999 

AphiaID:

279097 

Scientific:

Genicanthus spinus 

German:

Pitcairn-Lyrakaiserfisch 

English:

Pitcairn Angelfish 

Category:

Angelfishes 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Pomacanthidae (Family) > Genicanthus (Genus) > spinus (Species) 

Initial determination:

Randall, 1975 

Occurrence:

Austral Islands, Cook Islands, French Polynesia, Pitcairn Islands, Rarotonga 

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:

30 - 100 Meter 

Size:

up to 13.78" (35 cm) 

Temperature:

77.18 °F - 83.12 °F (25.1°C - 28.4°C) 

Food:

Brine Shrimp Nauplii, Brine Shrimps, Invertebrates, Mysis, 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:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Genicanthus bellus
  Pracht-Lyrakaiserfisch
• 
  Genicanthus caudovittatus
  Indischer Zebrakaiserfisch
• 
  Genicanthus lamarck
  Lamarcks Lyrakaiserfisch
• 
  Genicanthus melanospilos
  Pazifischer Zebrakaiserfisch
• 
  Genicanthus personatus
  Masken-Lyrakaiserfisch
• 
  Genicanthus semicínctus
  Halbgebänderter Lyrakaiserfisch
• 
  Genicanthus semifasciatus
  Japan-Lyrakaiserfisch
• 
  Genicanthus spinus
  Pitcairn-Lyrakaiserfisch
• 
  Genicanthus takeuchii
  Flecken-Lyrakaiserfisch
• 
  Genicanthus watanabei
  Gelbstreifen- Lyrakaiserfisch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2016-10-06 20:53:32 

Last edit:

2023-03-07 14:02:44 

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