Pristigenys alta Short bigeye

Pristigenys alta is commonly referred to as Short bigeye. Difficulty in the aquarium: 4 - Medelsvår. A aquarium size of at least 1500 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

5074 

AphiaID:

159295 

Scientific:

Pristigenys alta 

German:

Großaugenbarsch 

English:

Short Bigeye 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Priacanthidae (Family) > Pristigenys (Genus) > alta (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Gill, ), 1862 

Occurrence:

Barbados, Guadeloupe, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Canada Eastern Pacific, Columbia, Cuba, Dominica, Grenada, Gulf of Mexico, Martinique, Montserrat, Nicaragua, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, The Gulf of Guinea, Trinidad and Tobago, USA, Venezuela, Virgin Islands, U.S., West Africa 

Sea depth:

5 - 200 Meter 

Size:

7.87" - 11.81" (20cm - 30cm) 

Temperature:

10,3 °F - 27,5 °F (10,3°C - 27,5°C) 

Food:

Brine Shrimps, Cyclops, Daphnia salina, Fish eggs, Fish larvae, Invertebrates, Mysis, Predatory 

Tank:

329.97 gal (~ 1500L)  

Difficulty:

4 - Medelsvår 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Pristigenys alta
  Großaugenbarsch
• 
  Pristigenys meyeri
  Tiefsee-Großaugenbarsch
• 
  Pristigenys niphonia
  Japanischer Großaugenbarsch
• 
  Pristigenys refulgens
  Großaugenbarsch
• 
  Pristigenys serrula
  Großaugenbarsch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-01-27 17:04:40 

Last edit:

2022-02-08 11:36:35 

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