Hoplolatilus starcki Bluehead Tilefish Blue Jaw Tilefish

Hoplolatilus starckiis commonly referred to as Bluehead Tilefish Blue Jaw Tilefish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Only for advanced aquarists. A aquarium size of at least 1000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Hoplolatilus starcki

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lexID:: 43
AphiaID:: 278094

Scientific:: Hoplolatilus starcki
German:: Blaukopf Torpedobarsch
English:: Bluehead Tilefish Blue Jaw Tilefish

Category:: Tilefishes

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Malacanthidae (Family) > Hoplolatilus (Genus) > starcki (Species)
Initial determination:: Randall & Dooley, 1974

Occurrence:: Australia, Caroline Island, Cook Islands, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), French Polynesia, Guam, Indonesia, Komodo (Komodo Island), Marschall Islands, Micronesia, Moluccas, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Pitcairn Islands, Raja Amat, Solomon Islands, Sumatra, The Bangai Archipelago, Timor, Togean Islands, Tonga, Tuamoto Islands, Vietnam
Sea depth:: 20 - 105 Meter
Size:: 5.12" - 5.91" (13cm - 15cm)
Temperature:: 69.8 °F - 78.8 °F (21°C - 26°C)
Food:: Brine Shrimps, Krill, Lobster eggs, Mysis
Tank:: 219.98 gal (~ 1000L)
Difficulty:: Only for advanced aquarists
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Least concern (LC)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2004-08-20 15:43:50
Last edit:: 2007-05-01 15:41:00

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Randall & Dooley, 1974

Neither easy to acclimatise nor to keep. Especially food-acceptance should be achieved quickly. Only mate with other quiet fish. Often very shy, unfortuneatly. There should be many hiding places in the tank.

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Malacanthidae (Family) > Malacanthinae (Subfamily) > Hoplolatilus (Genus) > Hoplolatilus starcki (Species)

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