Haemulon flavolineatum French grunt

Haemulon flavolineatum is commonly referred to as French grunt. Difficulty in the aquarium: suitable for large display tanks (public aquarium or zoo) only. Toxicity: Has a poison harmful to health.

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Scientific:: Haemulon flavolineatum
German:: Franzosen-Grunzer
English:: French Grunt

Category:: Snappare

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Haemulidae (Family) > Haemulon (Genus) > flavolineatum (Species)
Initial determination:: (Desmarest, ), 1823

Occurrence:: Guadeloupe, Barbados, Suriname, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Belize, Bermuda, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Columbia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curacao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Florida, French Guiana, Grenada, Guatemala, Gulf of Mexico, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Indonesia, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Martin / Sint Maarten, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, the Cayman Islands, the Netherlands Antilles, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, USA, Venezuela, Virgin Islands, U.S., West-Atlantic Ocean
Sea depth:: 0 - 60 Meter
Habitats:: Coral reefs, Rocky outcrops, Rock ledges, Rocky reefs, Seagrass meadows, Eelgrass Meadows
Size:: up to 11.81" (30 cm)
Temperature:: 25,4 °F - 82.4 °F (25,4°C - 28°C)
Food:: Crustaceans, Predatory
Difficulty:: suitable for large display tanks (public aquarium or zoo) only
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Has a poison harmful to health

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Least concern (LC)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2009-01-26 11:26:11
Last edit:: 2023-11-14 20:04:57

Toxicity

This is a general hint!
Haemulon flavolineatum has a harmful toxin.
As a rule, animals with a harmful poison do not pose mortal danger in normal Aquarieaner everyday life. Read the following husbandry information and comments from aquarists who already keep Haemulon flavolineatum in their aquarium to get a better picture about the possible danger. However, please be careful when using Haemulon flavolineatum. Every human reacts differently to poisons.
If you suspect that you have come into contact with the poison, please contact your doctor or the poison emergency call.
The phone number of the poison emergency call can be found here:
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Overview Europe: European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxicologists