Malacanthus latovittatus Blue blanquillo, Blue Tilefish, Sand Tilefish

Malacanthus latovittatusis commonly referred to as Blue blanquillo, Blue Tilefish, Sand Tilefish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Only for advanced aquarists. A aquarium size of at least 3000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

3168 

AphiaID:

218377 

Scientific:

Malacanthus latovittatus 

German:

Torpedobarsch 

English:

Blue Blanquillo, Blue Tilefish, Sand Tilefish 

Category:

Tilefishes 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Malacanthidae (Family) > Malacanthus (Genus) > latovittatus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Lacepède, ), 1801 

Occurrence:

(the) Maldives, American Samoa, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Ashmore and Cartier Islands, Australia, China, Christmas Islands, Comores, Cook Islands, Egypt, Great Barrier Reef, Guam, Gulf of Oman / Oman, Hawaii, India, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, Kiribati, Madagascar, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Mayotte, Micronesia, Mozambique, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales (Australia), Niue, Northern Mariana Islands, Okinawa, Palau, Papua, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland (Australia), Raja Amat, Red Sea, Réunion , Samoa, South-Africa, Sri Lanka, Sumatra, Taiwan, Tansania, The Bangai Archipelago, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Cocos Islands / Keeling Islands, The Ryukyu Islands, the Seychelles, Timor, Togean Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Western Indian Ocean, 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:

5 - 65 Meter 

Size:

13.78" - 17.72" (35cm - 45cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Crustaceans, Frozen Food (large sort), Krill, Mysis, Pellets, Schrimps, Zoobenthos, Zooplankton 

Tank:

659.94 gal (~ 3000L)  

Difficulty:

Only for advanced aquarists 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Malacanthus brevirostris
  Torpedobarsch
• 
  Malacanthus latovittatus
  Torpedobarsch
• 
  Malacanthus plumieri
  Sand-Torpedobarsch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2010-05-10 12:02:12 

Last edit:

2019-09-09 22:38:06 

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