Ptereleotris monoptera Lyre-tail Dart-goby

Ptereleotris monopterais commonly referred to as Lyre-tail Dart-goby. 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 1000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Alan Sutton, Tansania

Ptereleotris monoptera, Tanzania 2024

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lexID:: 132
AphiaID:: 219621

Scientific:: Ptereleotris monoptera
German:: Torpedogrundel
English:: Lyre-tail Dart-goby

Category:: Gobies

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Teleostei (Class) > Gobiiformes (Order) > Microdesmidae (Family) > Ptereleotris (Genus) > monoptera (Species)
Initial determination:: Randall & Hoese, 1985

Occurrence:: Australia, French Polynesia, Great Barrier Reef, Gulf of Oman / Oman, Indonesia, Japan, Kiribati, Mauritius, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, The Ryukyu Islands, the Seychelles, Tuamoto Islands, Vanuatu, Yemen
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:: 6 - 50 Meter
Habitats:: Coastal waters, Coral reefs, Lagoons, Reef slopes, Reef-associated, Rubble floors, Sandy sea floors, Seawater, Sea water
Size:: 3.54" - 4.72" (9cm - 12cm)
Temperature:: 23,3 °F - 29,1 °F (23,3°C - 29,1°C)
Food:: Carnivore, Zooplankton
Tank:: 219.98 gal (~ 1000L)
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:

More related species in this lexicon:

Ptereleotris sp.
Pfeilgrundel

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2004-08-22 23:19:34
Last edit:: 2024-04-15 18:11:32

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Ptereleotris monoptera Randall & Hoese, 1985

Jumping guard
A jumping guard prevents (nocturnal) fish from jumping out.
Wrasses, blennies, hawkfishs and gobies jump out of an unprotected tank in fright if their night rest is disturbed, unfortunately these jumpers are found dried up in the morning on carpets, glass edges or later behind the tank.

https://www.korallenriff.de/en/article/1925_5_Jump_Protection_Solutions_for_Fish_in_the_Aquarium__5_Net_Covers.html

A small night light also helps, as it provides the fish with a means of orientation in the dark!

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FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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