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Priacanthus arenatus Atlantic bigeye

Priacanthus arenatus is commonly referred to as Atlantic bigeye. Difficulty in the aquarium: Pas pour l'aquarium!. Toxicity: Has a poison harmful to health.


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lexID:
4694 
AphiaID:
127005 
Scientific:
Priacanthus arenatus 
German:
Atlantischer Großaugenbarsch 
English:
Atlantic Bigeye 
Category:
 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Priacanthidae (Family) > Priacanthus (Genus) > arenatus (Species) 
Initial determination:
Cuvier, 1829 
Occurrence:
Ghana, Suriname, Benin, Angola, Belize, Bermuda, Brazil, Cameroon, Canada Eastern Pacific, Columbia, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, East-Atlantic Ocean, French Guiana, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Madeira, Mexico (East Pacific), Nicaragua, Nigeria, Panama, Puerto Rico, São Tomé e Principé, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South America, The Bahamas, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Caribbean, the Cayman Islands, the Ivory Coast, the Mediterranean Sea, Togo, USA, Venezuela, West-Atlantic Ocean 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
10 - 200 Meter 
Size:
13.78" - 19.69" (35cm - 50cm) 
Weight:
2.85 kg 
Temperature:
68 °F - 82.4 °F (20°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Clams, Crabs, Crustaceans, Edible crab, Fish (little fishes), Fish larvae, Hermit crabs, Krill, Living Food, Mantis shrimps, Predatory, Rock shrimps, Schrimps, Snails, Starfishs, Worms, Zoobenthos 
Difficulty:
Pas pour l'aquarium! 
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
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2022-12-05 06:14:45 

Poison

Attention! Priacanthus arenatus 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 Priacanthus arenatus pour pouvoir mieux évaluer une possibilité de danger. Soyez prudents avec Priacanthus arenatus. 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

Info

Cuvier, 1829

Distribution:
Tropical and tropically influenced areas of the Atlantic Ocean. Western Atlantic: Canada to Bermuda and at least North Carolina, USA southward to northern Argentina.
Eastern Atlantic: Madeira to northern Angola. Mediterranean:

Biology
Found on coral reefs and rocky bottoms.
Forms small aggregations near the bottom.
A nocturnal feeder, feeds mainly on small fishes, crustaceans and polychaetes.
Most of its prey are larvae.
Flesh considered excellent quality; marketed fresh.

Caution: Reports of ciguatera poisoning!

Synonymised taxa:
Priacanthus catalufa Poey, 1863
Priacanthus fulgens Lowe, 1838 (synonym)
Priacanthus insularum Johnson, 1862

External links

  1. FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Homepage Prof. Dr. Peter Wirtz (en) (Archive.org). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. Wikipedia (de). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  4. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Group of fishes

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