Gonioplectrus hispanus Spanish flag

Gonioplectrus hispanusis commonly referred to as Spanish flag. Difficulty in the aquarium: Only for advanced aquarists. A aquarium size of at least 3000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

7351 

AphiaID:

280924 

Scientific:

Gonioplectrus hispanus 

German:

Zackenbarsch 

English:

Spanish Flag 

Category:

Groupers 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Serranidae (Family) > Gonioplectrus (Genus) > hispanus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Cuvier, ), 1828 

Occurrence:

Barbados, Guadeloupe, Suriname, Belize, Brazil, Columbia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Florida, French Guiana, Guatemala, Gulf of Mexico, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico (East Pacific), Nicaragua, Panama, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, the Netherlands Antilles, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela, West-Atlantic Ocean 

Size:

up to 11.81" (30 cm) 

Temperature:

73.4 °F - 78.8 °F (23°C - 26°C) 

Food:

Crustaceans, Fish (little fishes), Frozen Food (large sort) 

Tank:

659.94 gal (~ 3000L)  

Difficulty:

Only for advanced aquarists 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Gonioplectrus hispanus
  Zackenbarsch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-07-10 10:49:03 

Last edit:

2014-07-10 10:49:03 

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