Roa excelsa Hawaiian gold-barred butterflyfish

Roa excelsa is commonly referred to as Hawaiian gold-barred butterflyfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Alleen voor gevorderden. A aquarium size of at least 1000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

5677 

AphiaID:

321097 

Scientific:

Roa excelsa 

German:

Hawaii-Roa-Falterfisch 

English:

Hawaiian Gold-barred Butterflyfish 

Category:

Koraalvlinders 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Chaetodontidae (Family) > Roa (Genus) > excelsa (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Jordan, ), 1921 

Occurrence:

Guam, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean 

Sea depth:

89 - 253 Meter 

Size:

up to 5.91" (15 cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 71.6 °F (°C - 22°C) 

Food:

Coral polyps = corallivorous, Mysis, Zooplankton 

Tank:

219.98 gal (~ 1000L)  

Difficulty:

Alleen voor gevorderden 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Roa australis
  Australien-Roa-Falterfisch
• 
  Roa excelsa
  Hawaii-Roa-Falterfisch
• 
  Roa jayakari
  Rotmeer-Roa-Falterfisch

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Roa haraguchiae
  Falterfisch
• 
  Roa modesta
  Japan-Roa-Falterfisch
• 
  Roa rumsfeldi
  Rumsfeld´s Falterfisch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-07-01 12:07:19 

Last edit:

2017-10-19 12:07:33 

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