Hypoplectrus nigricans Black hamlet, Black Snapper

Hypoplectrus nigricans is commonly referred to as Black hamlet, Black Snapper. Difficulty in the aquarium: moyen. A aquarium size of at least 1000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

9703 

AphiaID:

281118 

Scientific:

Hypoplectrus nigricans 

German:

Schwarzer Hamletbarsch 

English:

Black Hamlet, Black Snapper 

Category:

Serrans 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Serranidae (Family) > Hypoplectrus (Genus) > nigricans (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Poey, ), 1852 

Occurrence:

Barbados, Guadeloupe, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curacao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guatemala, Gulf of Mexico, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Montserrat, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, The Bahamas, the Cayman Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, USA, Virgin Islands, U.S. 

Size:

up to 5.98" (15.2 cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Crustaceans, Fish (little fishes), Invertebrates, Krill, Mysis, Predatory, Rock shrimps, Schrimps 

Tank:

219.98 gal (~ 1000L)  

Difficulty:

moyen 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Hypoplectrus aberrans
  Gelbbauch-Hamletbarsch
• 
  Hypoplectrus atlahua
  Jarocho Hamlettbarsch
• 
  Hypoplectrus castroaguirrei
  Hamletbarsch
• 
  Hypoplectrus chlorurus
  Gelbschwanz Hamletbarsch
• 
  Hypoplectrus ecosur
  Contoy Hamletbarsch
• 
  Hypoplectrus floridae
  Hamletbarsch
• 
  Hypoplectrus gemma
  Blauer Hamletbarsch
• 
  Hypoplectrus gummigutta
  Goldener Hamletbarsch
• 
  Hypoplectrus guttavarius
  Hamletbarsch
• 
  Hypoplectrus indigo
  Indigo-Hamlettbarsch
• 
  Hypoplectrus maculiferus
  Zweifarben-Hamletbarsch
• 
  Hypoplectrus maya
  Belizianischer blauer Hamlettbarsch, Maya Hamlettbarsch
• 
  Hypoplectrus nigricans
  Schwarzer Hamletbarsch
• 
  Hypoplectrus providencianus
  Maskierter Hamletbarsch
• 
  Hypoplectrus puella
  Braunband-Hamletbarsch
• 
  Hypoplectrus randallorum
  Randalls Hamlettbarsch
• 
  Hypoplectrus unicolor
  Butter-Hamlettbarsch
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Hypoplectrus liberte
  Hamletbarsch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2016-05-14 12:03:53 

Last edit:

2016-05-14 12:03:53 

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