Nectamia savayensis Samoan cardinalfish

Nectamia savayensis is commonly referred to as Samoan cardinalfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. A aquarium size of at least 600 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

7847 

AphiaID:

398508 

Scientific:

Nectamia savayensis 

German:

Kardinalbarsch 

English:

Samoan Cardinalfish 

Category:

Kardinaalbaarzen 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Apogonidae (Family) > Nectamia (Genus) > savayensis (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Günther, ), 1872 

Occurrence:

(the) Maldives, American Samoa, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, Christmas Islands, Egypt, Fiji, French Polynesia, Great Barrier Reef, Guam, India, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Kiribati, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Micronesia, Mozambique, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Rapa, Red Sea, Réunion , Samoa, South-Africa, Tahiti, Taiwan, the Seychelles, Tonga, Tuamoto Islands 

Size:

up to 3.94" (10 cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Amphipods, Copepods, Crustaceans, Fish (little fishes), Fish eggs, Fish larvae, Invertebrates, Krill, Mysis, Ostracodes (seed shrimps), Rock shrimps, Schrimps, Worms 

Tank:

131.99 gal (~ 600L)  

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Nectamia annularis
  Schwarzring-Kardinalbarsch
• 
  Nectamia bandanensis
  Kardinalbarsch
• 
  Nectamia fusca
  Geister Kardinalbarsch
• 
  Nectamia ignitops
  "Feueraugen"-Kardinalbarsch
• 
  Nectamia luxuria
  Kardinalbarsch
• 
  Nectamia savayensis
  Kardinalbarsch
• 
  Nectamia similis
  Kardinalbarsch
• 
  Nectamia viria
  Kardinalbarsch

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Nectamia zebrina
  Kardinalbarsch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2015-01-10 11:45:22 

Last edit:

2015-01-10 11:45:22 

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