Engyophrys senta American spiny flounder

Engyophrys sentais commonly referred to as American spiny flounder. Difficulty in the aquarium: Only for advanced aquarists. A aquarium size of at least 1000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

6764 

AphiaID:

159356 

Scientific:

Engyophrys senta 

German:

Butt 

English:

American Spiny Flounder 

Category:

Flounders & Soles 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Pleuronectiformes (Order) > Bothidae (Family) > Engyophrys (Genus) > senta (Species) 

Initial determination:

Ginsburg, 1933 

Occurrence:

Suriname, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Brazil, Canada , Columbia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Florida, French Guiana, Gulf of Mexico, Guyana, Honduras, North Atlantic Ocean, Panama, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, Trinidad and Tobago, USA, Venezuela 

Sea depth:

35 - 180 Meter 

Size:

up to 3.94" (10 cm) 

Temperature:

64.4 °F - 80.6 °F (18°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Amphipods, Copepods, Daphnia salina, Invertebrates, Rock shrimps, Schrimps, Worms, Zoobenthos 

Tank:

219.98 gal (~ 1000L)  

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:

• Engyophrys sanctilaurentii
• 
  Engyophrys senta
  Butt

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-02-15 16:24:11 

Last edit:

2019-11-25 07:45:48 

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