Ctenogobiops feroculus Sandy prawn-goby

Ctenogobiops feroculusis commonly referred to as Sandy prawn-goby. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not for beginners. A aquarium size of at least 150 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

400 

AphiaID:

219437 

Scientific:

Ctenogobiops feroculus 

German:

Sandgrundel 

English:

Sandy Prawn-goby 

Category:

Gobies 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Gobiidae (Family) > Ctenogobiops (Genus) > feroculus (Species) 

Initial determination:

Lubbock & Polunin, 1977 

Occurrence:

(the) Maldives, Australia, Cebu ((Philippines), China, Cook Islands, French Polynesia, Guam, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Micronesia, New Caledonia, Palau, Papua, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Raja Amat, Red Sea, Solomon Islands, Sumatra, Taiwan, the Seychelles, Vietnam 

Sea depth:

1 - 20 Meter 

Size:

1.97" - 2.36" (5cm - 6cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Brine Shrimps, Cyclops, Flakes, Frozen Food (large sort), Invertebrates, Lobster eggs, Mosquito larvae, Zooplankton 

Tank:

33 gal (~ 150L)  

Difficulty:

Not for beginners 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Ctenogobiops aurocingulus
  Partnergrundel
• 
  Ctenogobiops crocineus
  Goldstreifen-Grundel
• 
  Ctenogobiops feroculus
  Sandgrundel
• 
  Ctenogobiops maculosus
  Partnergrundel
• 
  Ctenogobiops mitodes
  Partnergrundel
• 
  Ctenogobiops pomastictus
  Partnergrundel
• 
  Ctenogobiops tangaroai
  Sichelgrundel
• 
  Ctenogobiops tongaensis
  Grundel

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2004-09-04 13:42:43 

Last edit:

2004-09-04 13:42:43 

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