Hexagrammos lagocephalus Rock greenling

Hexagrammos lagocephalusis commonly referred to as Rock greenling. Difficulty in the aquarium: suitable for large display tanks (public aquarium or zoo) only. A aquarium size of at least 3000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

9235 

AphiaID:

240735 

Scientific:

Hexagrammos lagocephalus 

German:

Kelpgrünling 

English:

Rock Greenling 

Category:

Greenlings  

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Scorpaeniformes (Order) > Hexagrammidae (Family) > Hexagrammos (Genus) > lagocephalus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Pallas, ), 1810 

Occurrence:

Russland, Alaska (Western Atlantic), Bering Sea, Canada , Eastern Pacific Ocean, Japan, Kuril Islands, the Sea of Okhotsk, USA, West Coast USA 

Sea depth:

0 - 596 Meter 

Size:

up to 24.02" (61 cm) 

Weight:

830 g 

Temperature:

3,3 °F - 13,2 °F (3,3°C - 13,2°C) 

Food:

Algae, Amphipods, Clams, Copepods, Crabs, Daphnia salina, Fish (little fishes), Fish eggs, Fish larvae, Isopods, Jellyfish, Krill, Mysis, Predatory, Schrimps, Sepia, Snails, Starfishs, Worms, Zoobenthos 

Tank:

659.94 gal (~ 3000L)  

Difficulty:

suitable for large display tanks (public aquarium or zoo) only 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Hexagrammos agrammus
• 
  Hexagrammos decagrammus
  Kelpgrünling
• 
  Hexagrammos lagocephalus
  Kelpgrünling
• Hexagrammos octogrammus
• 
  Hexagrammos otakii
  Grünling
• 
  Hexagrammos stelleri
  Weißgepunkteter Grünling

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2016-01-29 16:38:45 

Last edit:

2020-07-15 22:02:59 

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