Melichthys niger Black triggerfish

Melichthys nigeris commonly referred to as Black triggerfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Only for advanced aquarists. A aquarium size of at least 3500 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

1292 

AphiaID:

219881 

Scientific:

Melichthys niger 

German:

Schwarzer Weißbindendrücker 

English:

Black Triggerfish 

Category:

Triggerfishes 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Tetraodontiformes (Order) > Balistidae (Family) > Melichthys (Genus) > niger (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Bloch, ), 1786 

Occurrence:

West Sahara, Guadeloupe, Barbados, Suriname, El Salvador, Cocos Island (Costa Rica), Sint Eustatius and Saba, (the) Maldives, American Samoa, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Ascencion, St. Helena & Tristan da Cunha, Australia, Azores, Bali, Belize, Bermuda, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, China, Christmas Islands, Circumtropic, Clipperton Island, Columbia, Comores, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curacao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, East Africa, East-Atlantic Ocean, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, Flores, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Galapagos Islands, Grenada, Guam, Guatemala, Gulf of Mexico, Guyana, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, India, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Jamaica, Japan, Java, Johnston Atoll, Kenya, Kiribati, Madagascar, Madeira, Malaysia, Marquesas Islands, Marschall Islands, Martinique, Mauritius, Mayotte, Micronesia, Montserrat, Morocco, Mozambique, Nauru, New Caledonia, Nicaragua, Niue, Northern Mariana Islands, Ogasawara Islands, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Réunion , Revillagigedo Islands, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, São Tomé e Principé, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South-Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatra, Taiwan, Tansania, The Bahamas, The Bangai Archipelago, the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Caribbean, the Cayman Islands, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Cocos Islands / Keeling Islands, The Ryukyu Islands, the Seychelles, the Society Islands, Togean Islands, Tokelau, Trindade and Martim Vaz, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuamoto Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands, USA, Venezuela, Virgin Islands, U.S., Wake Atoll, Wallis and Futuna, West-Atlantic Ocean, Western Indian Ocean 

Sea depth:

0 - 75 Meter 

Size:

up to 13.78" (35 cm) 

Temperature:

73.4 °F - 78.8 °F (23°C - 26°C) 

Food:

Brine Shrimps, Frozen Food (large sort), Mysis, Plankton 

Tank:

769.92 gal (~ 3500L)  

Difficulty:

Only for advanced aquarists 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Melichthys indicus
  Indischer Drückerfisch
• 
  Melichthys niger
  Schwarzer Weißbindendrücker
• 
  Melichthys vidua
  Rotschwanz-Drückerfisch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2005-02-14 20:30:22 

Last edit:

2017-02-21 17:44:38 

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