Hyporthodus niveatus Snowy grouper

Hyporthodus niveatus is commonly referred to as Snowy grouper. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

9690 

AphiaID:

475101 

Scientific:

Hyporthodus niveatus 

German:

Zackenbarsch 

English:

Snowy Grouper 

Category:

Havsaborrar 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Serranidae (Family) > Hyporthodus (Genus) > niveatus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Valenciennes, ), 1828 

Occurrence:

Suriname, Argentina, Aruba, Belize, Bermuda, Brazil, Canada Eastern Pacific, Columbia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curacao, French Guiana, Grenada, Guatemala, Gulf of Mexico, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panama, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, The Bahamas, the Netherlands Antilles, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela 

Size:

23.62" - 48.03" (60cm - 122cm) 

Temperature:

48.2 °F - 78.8 °F (9°C - 26°C) 

Food:

Amphipods, Clams, Copepods, Crabs, Crustaceans, Daphnia salina, Decapods, Edible crab, Fish (little fishes), Hermit crabs, Invertebrates, Krill, Lobster, Mantis shrimps, Mysis, Predatory, Rock lobster, Snails 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Hyporthodus acanthistius
• Hyporthodus ergastularius
• Hyporthodus exsul
• Hyporthodus flavolimbatus
• Hyporthodus haifensis
• Hyporthodus mystacinus
• 
  Hyporthodus nigritus
  Warschau-Zackenbarsch
• 
  Hyporthodus niphobles
  Zackenbarsch
• 
  Hyporthodus niveatus
  Zackenbarsch
• Hyporthodus octofasciatus
• Hyporthodus perplexus
• 
  Hyporthodus quernus
  Zackenbarsch
• 
  Hyporthodus septemfasciatus
  Zackenbarsch
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2016-05-06 19:23:03 

Last edit:

2016-05-06 19:23:03 

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