Anisotremus taeniatus Porkfish

Anisotremus taeniatus is commonly referred to as Porkfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Facile. A aquarium size of at least 5000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

2609 

AphiaID:

279624 

Scientific:

Anisotremus taeniatus 

German:

Panama-Grunzer 

English:

Porkfish 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Haemulidae (Family) > Anisotremus (Genus) > taeniatus (Species) 

Initial determination:

Gill, 1861 

Occurrence:

El Salvador, Columbia, Costa Rica, Eastern Pacific Ocean, Ecuador, Guatemala, Gulf of California, Gulf of Mexico, Honduras, Mexico (East Pacific), Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, USA, West-Atlantic Ocean 

Sea depth:

5 - 25 Meter 

Size:

up to 11.81" (30 cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 78.8 °F (°C - 26°C) 

Food:

Clam meat, Crabs, Fish (little fishes), Flakes, Frozen Food (large sort), Mysis, Schrimps, Shrimps, Snails 

Tank:

1099.89 gal (~ 5000L)  

Difficulty:

Facile 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Anisotremus caesius
  Silbergrauer Grunzer
• 
  Anisotremus davidsonii
  Grunzer
• 
  Anisotremus interruptus
  Langgestreckter Grunzer
• 
  Anisotremus scapularis
  Grunzer
• 
  Anisotremus surinamensis
  Surinam-Grunzer
• 
  Anisotremus taeniatus
  Panama-Grunzer
• 
  Anisotremus virginicus
  Virginia-Grunzer, Schweins-Grunzer

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Anisotremus espinozai
  Zapatilla Grunzer, Santa Cruz Grunzer

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2008-10-09 19:47:05 

Last edit:

2008-10-09 19:47:05 

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