Iniistius cyanifrons

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lexID:: 12053
AphiaID:: 712760

Scientific:: Iniistius cyanifrons
German:: Messerlippfisch
English:: Razorfish, Razor Wrasse

Category:: Lipvissen
Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Labridae (Family) > Iniistius (Genus) > cyanifrons (Species)
Initial determination:: (Valenciennes), 1840

Occurrence:: India, Gulf of Bengal / Bay of Bengal, Indische Oceaan
Sea depth:: Meter
Size:: 15 cm - 18 cm
Food:: Ongewervelden, 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:: Data deficient (DD)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2019-03-26 17:06:14
Last edit:: 2019-03-27 12:00:39

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Iniistius cyanifrons is only known from southern India, near Pondicherry and Chennai (Madras), Gulf of Bengal.
Scientists presumed that Iniistius cyanifrons occurs in sandy bottom habitat.

Synonyms:
Xyrichthys cyanifrons Valenciennes, 1840
Xyrichtys cyanifrons Valenciennes, 1840

Iniistius cyanifrons

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