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Hyporthodus niphobles Star-studded grouper

Hyporthodus niphobles is commonly referred to as Star-studded grouper. Difficulty in the aquarium: Pour aquariophiles éprouvés. A aquarium size of at least 7500 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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Hyporthodus niphobles (c) by De Jong Marinelife


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lexID:
3158 
AphiaID:
475078 
Scientific:
Hyporthodus niphobles 
German:
Zackenbarsch 
English:
Star-studded Grouper 
Category:
Percoïdés 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Serranidae (Family) > Hyporthodus (Genus) > niphobles (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Gilbert & Starks, ), 1897 
Occurrence:
Gulf of California, Peru, the Caribbean 
Size:
up to 19.69" (50 cm) 
Temperature:
68 °F - 82.4 °F (20°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Crabs, Edible crab, Fish (little fishes), Frozen Food (large sort), Mysis, Ostracodes (seed shrimps), Predatory, Snails 
Tank:
1649.84 gal (~ 7500L)  
Difficulty:
Pour aquariophiles éprouvés 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Related species at
Catalog of Life
:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2010-05-07 12:21:15 

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Hyporthodus niphobles (Gilbert & Starks, 1897)
Star-studded grouper

Found on rocky reefs and soft bottoms (Ref. 89707). Reported to be often caught in shrimp trawls in central Gulf of California. Too rare to be of commercial interest.

Misidentified as Epinephelus niveatus by some authors

Actinopterygii (Strahlenflosser) >
Perciformes (Perch-likes) >
Serranidae (Sea basses: groupers and fairy basslets) >
Epinephelinae

External links

  1. FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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