Lagodon rhomboides Pinfish

Lagodon rhomboides is commonly referred to as Pinfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Johnny Jensen, Dänemark

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AphiaID:: 159249

Scientific:: Lagodon rhomboides
German:: Meerbrasse
English:: Pinfish

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Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Sparidae (Family) > Lagodon (Genus) > rhomboides (Species)
Initial determination:: (Linnaeus, ), 1766

Occurrence:: Belize, Bermuda, Cuba, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Mexico (East Pacific), USA, West-Atlantic Ocean
Size:: 7.09" - 15.75" (18cm - 40cm)
Temperature:: 71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C)
Food:: Algae (Algivore), Amphipods, Aquatic plant, Clams, Copepods, Crustaceans, Fish (little fishes), Isopods, Rock shrimps, Schrimps, Sea weed, Snails, Worms, Zoobenthos
Difficulty:: Not suitable for home aquaria!
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Lagodon rhomboides
Meerbrasse

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2013-03-20 21:22:04
Last edit:: 2013-03-20 21:22:04

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(Linnaeus, 1766)

Special thanks for the foto to Johnny Jensen, Danmark.

Habitat: over vegetated & rocky bottoms, sometimes in mangrove areas.

Feeds on benthic invertebrates.

Game- and baitfish.

Synonym:
Sparus rhomboides Linnaeus, 1766.

External links

FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Homepage Johnny Jensen (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Wikipedia (de). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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