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Calamus calamus Saucereye porgy

Calamus calamusis commonly referred to as Saucereye porgy. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:
7575 
AphiaID:
159242 
Scientific:
Calamus calamus 
German:
Grossaugen-Meerbrasse 
English:
Saucereye Porgy 
Category:
Seabreams 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Sparidae (Family) > Calamus (Genus) > calamus (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Valenciennes, ), 1830 
Occurrence:
Guadeloupe, Barbados, Suriname, Belize, Bermuda, Brazil, Columbia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, French Guiana, Guatemala, Gulf of Mexico, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico (East Pacific), Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, South America, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, the Cayman Islands, the Netherlands Antilles, USA, Venezuela 
Sea depth:
1 - 75 Meter 
Size:
11.81" - 22.05" (30cm - 56cm) 
Temperature:
71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Clams, Crabs, Detritus, Hermit crabs, Invertebrates, Predatory, Schrimps, Snails, Starfishs, Worms, Zoobenthos 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for home aquaria! 
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:
2020-04-19 17:38:29 

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(Valenciennes, 1830)

Adults are frequently found in coral areas, while the young prefer vegetated (e.g. Thalassia), sandy bottoms.
They feed mainly on mollusks, worms, brittle stars, hermit crabs, crabs and sea urchins.

Source:FishBase.

Synonym:
Pagellus calamus Valenciennes, 1830

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Sparidae (Family) > Calamus (Genus)

External links

  1. FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Reefcolors (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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am 12.10.14#2
Dear Alyenna ,

thank you, I corrected this

Andreas

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