Nicholsina usta Emerald Parrotfish

Nicholsina ustais commonly referred to as Emerald Parrotfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

10693 

AphiaID:

159298 

Scientific:

Nicholsina usta 

German:

Papageifisch 

English:

Emerald Parrotfish 

Category:

Parrotfishes 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Scaridae (Family) > Nicholsina (Genus) > usta (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Valenciennes, ), 1840 

Occurrence:

Suriname, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Belize, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Columbia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curacao, Dominican Republic, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panama, the Cayman Islands, the Netherlands Antilles, Trinidad and Tobago, USA, Venezuela, Virgin Islands, U.S. 

Sea depth:

1 - 73 Meter 

Size:

7.09" - 11.81" (18cm - 30cm) 

Temperature:

19,3 °F - 24,7 °F (19,3°C - 24,7°C) 

Food:

Algae, Aquatic plant, Sea weed 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Nicholsina collettei
• 
  Nicholsina denticulata
  Papageifisch
• 
  Nicholsina usta
  Papageifisch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2017-05-05 17:34:47 

Last edit:

2017-05-06 10:19:09 

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