Acyrtops beryllinus Emerald clingfish

Acyrtops beryllinusis commonly referred to as Emerald clingfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Average. A aquarium size of at least 100 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

9761 

AphiaID:

279504 

Scientific:

Acyrtops beryllinus 

German:

Schildfisch 

English:

Emerald Clingfish 

Category:

Clingfishes 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Gobiesociformes (Order) > Gobiesocidae (Family) > Acyrtops (Genus) > beryllinus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Hildebrand & Ginsburg, ), 1927 

Occurrence:

Barbados, Guadeloupe, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Brazil, Cuba, Dominica, Florida, Grenada, Jamaica, Martinique, Mexico (East Pacific), Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, The Bahamas, Trinidad and Tobago, USA, West-Atlantic Ocean 

Size:

up to 0.98" (2.5 cm) 

Temperature:

73.4 °F - 78.8 °F (23°C - 26°C) 

Food:

Amphipods, Copepods, Invertebrates, Isopods, Living Food 

Tank:

22 gal (~ 100L)  

Difficulty:

Average 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Acyrtops amplicirrus
• 
  Acyrtops beryllinus
  Schildfisch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2016-06-10 09:02:38 

Last edit:

2016-06-10 09:02:38 

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