Scarus taeniopterus Princess Parrotfish

Scarus taeniopterus is commonly referred to as Princess Parrotfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: moyen. A aquarium size of at least 3000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Has a poison harmful to health.

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lexID:: 4483
AphiaID:: 276062

Scientific:: Scarus taeniopterus
German:: Gestreifter Papageifisch
English:: Princess Parrotfish

Category:: Poissons-Perroquet

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Scaridae (Family) > Scarus (Genus) > taeniopterus (Species)
Initial determination:: Lesson, 1829

Occurrence:: Guadeloupe, Barbados, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Belize, Bermuda, Bonaire, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Columbia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curacao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Florida, Grenada, Gulf of Mexico, Haiti, Honduras, Indo Pacific, Jamaica, Martinique, Mexico (East Pacific), Montserrat, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, 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.
Sea depth:: 2 - 25 Meter
Size:: 8.66" - 13.78" (22cm - 35cm)
Temperature:: 73.4 °F - 78.8 °F (23°C - 26°C)
Food:: Carrion
Tank:: 659.94 gal (~ 3000L)
Difficulty:: moyen
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:: 2012-07-30 21:22:01
Last edit:: 2023-01-14 13:12:24

Poison

Attention! Scarus taeniopterus possède un venin nocif pour votre santé. Normalement les espèces de cette catégorie n’émettent pas de danger pour vous. Lisez bien les informations et les commentaires des utilisateurs qui possèdent Scarus taeniopterus pour pouvoir mieux évaluer une possibilité de danger. Soyez prudents avec Scarus taeniopterus. Chaque humain réagit différemment sur des venins. Si vous pensez d'avoir été en contact avec le venin consultez un médecin ou un centre antipoison. Le numéro des centres A
s
antipoison sont trouvables ici: European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxicologists

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Lesson, 1829

Found on bottoms with coral or rock.
Juveniles often occur in association with Thalassia.

Forms large feeding aggregations and feeds on plants. Sleeps in a mucus cocoon.

Reports of ciguatera poisoning