Zoramia leptacantha

Zoramia leptacantha

Scientific name	Zoramia leptacantha
Descriptor	Bleeker
Year of description	1856
IUCN category (World)	NE
Family	Apogonidae
Genus	Zoramia

Introduction

Zoramia leptacantha is a salt water fish.

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Who is it?

Morphology

Average size

5 cm
Maximum size

6 cm

Average size

5 cm
Maximum size

6 cm

How to recognize Zoramia leptacantha ?

Zoramia leptacantha measures between 5 and 6 cm. This fish is unicolore with a predominantly blanc body.

Behaviour & Life cycle

diet

carnivorous
Sociability

living in shoals
territorial

No
Way of living

nocturnal

Zoramia leptacantha is a fish living in shoals. This species is carnivorous . This fish lives mainly at night. Usually, it leaves its hiding place and starts to be active once it gets dark.

n general, this species does not care much about other animals crossing its path.

Reproduction

Reproduction

ovipare incubateur buccal paternel

Zoramia leptacantha is a fish ovipare incubateur buccal paternel.

Harmless species

This species does not represent any particular threats to humans when encountered in its natural environment.

Where to find it?

Origin

Bay of Bengal Great Barrier Reef mer d'Oman Philippine Sea Red Sea South East Asian Seas Indonesian seas western Indian Ocean Western Tropical Pacific Ocean Oceania

Conservation status of populations (IUCN)

World : NE

Where to see this species?

What is its habitat?

Natural environment characteristics

Temperature

27 - 29 °C
Depth

1 - 12 m

Biotope presentation

Zoramia leptacantha is most often found at a depth between 1m and 12m. However, it is not impossible to find this species at other depths.

Species of the same biotope

pacific pinstriped butterflyfish Chaetodontidae

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Species of the same family

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Sources & Contributions

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Bibliographic references

Two New Cardinalfishes of the Indo-Pacific Fish Genus Zoramia (Apogonidae) - David W. Greenfield - Ross C. Langston - John E. Randall - California Academy of Sciences - 2005.