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Calamus bajonado Jolthead porgy

Calamus bajonadois commonly referred to as Jolthead porgy. Difficulty in the aquarium: suitable for large display tanks (public aquarium or zoo) only. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:
5706 
AphiaID:
159241 
Scientific:
Calamus bajonado 
German:
Dickkopf-Meerbrasse 
English:
Jolthead Porgy 
Category:
Seabreams 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopteri (Class) > Eupercaria incertae sedis (Order) > Sparidae (Family) > Calamus (Genus) > bajonado (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Bloch & Schneider, ), 1801 
Occurrence:
Barbados, Suriname, Belize, Bermuda, Brazil, Columbia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, French Guiana, Guatemala, Gulf of Mexico, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico (East Pacific), Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, The Bahamas, the Cayman Islands, USA, Venezuela, 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:
6 - 200 Meter 
Size:
21.26" - 29.92" (54cm - 76cm) 
Weight:
10.6 kg 
Temperature:
71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, Crustaceans, Ostracodes (seed shrimps), Predatory, Sea urchins, Snails 
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:
Least concern (LC)  
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
  • Calamus acanthochlamys
  • Calamus acanthophyllus
  • Calamus acanthospathus
  • Calamus acaulis
  • Calamus acidus
  • Calamus acuminatus
  • Calamus adspersus
  • Calamus aidae
  • Calamus albidus
  • Calamus albus
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2022-07-05 20:13:58 

Info

(Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

Inhabits coastal waters. Found on vegetated sand bottoms and more frequently on coral bottoms. Occasionally found at depths at least 180m and 200 m.

Large adults are usually solitary.

Excellent food fish but reports of ciguatera poisoning!

Text source: fishbase

Synonym:
Sparus bajonado Bloch & Schneider, 1801

Scientific paper

  1. The Jolthead Porgy, Calamus bajonado (Bloch and Schneider), a First Record for New England Waters, James E. Morrow, 1956

External links

  1. FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Flickr Homepage François Libert (multi). Abgerufen am 10.12.2022.
  3. Homepage Ole Johann Brett (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  4. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 05.07.2022.
  5. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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© Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens, Holland
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copyright Ole Johann Brett, Norwegen
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Foto: Cozumel, Mexiko
Foto: Cozumel, Mexiko
IMG_0206 Jolthead Porgy (Calamus bajonado) 2022
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