Pseudochromis sankeyi Striped dottyback

Pseudochromis sankeyi is commonly referred to as Striped dottyback. Difficulty in the aquarium: Normaal. A aquarium size of at least 250 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Pseudochromis sankeyi

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lexID:: 17
AphiaID:: 218334

Scientific:: Pseudochromis sankeyi
German:: Gestreifter Zwergbarsch
English:: Striped Dottyback

Category:: Dwergbaarsjes

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Pseudochromidae (Family) > Pseudochromis (Genus) > sankeyi (Species)
Initial determination:: Lubbock, 1975

Occurrence:: Djibouti, Eritrea, Gulf of Aden, Red Sea, Tansania, 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:: 2 - 20 Meter
Size:: up to 2.76" (7 cm)
Temperature:: 75.2 °F - 80.6 °F (24°C - 27°C)
Food:: Brine Shrimps, Cyclops, Flakes, Krill, Lobster eggs, Mysis
Tank:: 54.99 gal (~ 250L)
Difficulty:: Normaal
Offspring:: Possible to breed
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Least concern (LC)

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Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2004-08-19 16:39:44
Last edit:: 2019-08-16 22:48:23

Captive breeding / propagation

The offspring of Pseudochromis sankeyi are possible. Unfortunately, the number of offspring is not large enough to cover the demand of the trade. If you are interested in Pseudochromis sankeyi, please ask your dealer for offspring. If you already own Pseudochromis sankeyi, try breeding yourself. This will help to improve the availability of offspring in the trade and to conserve natural stocks.

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Lubbock, 1975

From time to time agressive against others of his kind. Easy to keep and won't harm other fish or invertebrates.

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Percoidei (Suborder) > Pseudochromidae (Family) > Pseudochrominae (Subfamily) > Pseudochromis (Genus) > Pseudochromis sankeyi (Species)

Korallenriff Magazin

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Zwergbarsche

Um es vorwegzunehmen: ja, Zwergbarsche sind kleinbleibende, oft farblich sehr ansprechende, wunderschöne Mistviecher! Allerdings sind die Fische nicht soooo schlimm, dass man von einer Haltung im Aquarium abraten muss.

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FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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