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Haemulon vittatum Boga

Haemulon vittatumis commonly referred to as Boga. Difficulty in the aquarium: suitable for large display tanks (public aquarium or zoo) only. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:
4545 
AphiaID:
1021254 
Scientific:
Haemulon vittatum 
German:
Grunzer 
English:
Boga 
Category:
Snappers 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Teleostei (Class) > Eupercaria incertae sedis (Order) > Haemulidae (Family) > Haemulon (Genus) > vittatum (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Poey, ), 1860 
Occurrence:
Barbados, Guadeloupe, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Columbia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curacao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Florida, Grenada, Guatemala, Gulf of Mexico, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Martin / Sint Maarten, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, South America, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, the Cayman Islands, the Netherlands Antilles, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, USA, Venezuela, Virgin Islands, U.S., 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:
15 - 50 Meter 
Habitats:
Coral reefs, Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
7.09" - 9.06" (18cm - 23cm) 
Temperature:
22,9 °F - 82.4 °F (22,9°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, Fish (little fishes), Zooplankton 
Difficulty:
suitable for large display tanks (public aquarium or zoo) only 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Least concern (LC)  
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2024-01-26 14:13:01 

Info

Haemulon vittatum (Poey, 1860)

Distribution
Western Atlantic: southern Florida, USA and Bahamas to northern South America.
Also Caribbean, including Antilles.

Biology
Occurs in open water; sometimes found near the coast, mainly near oceanic islands.
Sometimes found over coral heads.
Feeds on zooplankton and small fishes.
Marketed fresh.

Synonymised names
Haemulon vittata (Poey, 1860) · unaccepted
Inermia vittata Poey, 1860 · unaccepted

External links

  1. FishBase (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. Reefcolors (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Commonly

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Copyright Ron DeCloux, 18. Januar 2012
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Copyright Wolfram Sander, reefcolors.com
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Copyright Wolfram Sander, reefcolors.com
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Copyright Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens, Bild aus der Karibik
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copyright Prof. Dr. Robert A. Patzner
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Inermia vittata Poey, 1860 ( Boga ) Grätenfisch , Bonaire

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