Selene vomer Lookdown, Atlantic Lookdown

Selene vomer is commonly referred to as Lookdown, Atlantic Lookdown. Difficulty in the aquarium: Non adatto agli acquari!. Toxicity: Has a poison harmful to health.

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lexID:

5076 

AphiaID:

159649 

Scientific:

Selene vomer 

German:

Bodengucker-Makrele 

English:

Lookdown, Atlantic Lookdown 

Category:

Carangidi 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Carangidae (Family) > Selene (Genus) > vomer (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Linnaeus, ), 1758 

Occurrence:

Suriname, Guadeloupe, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Anguilla, Argentina, Aruba, Belize, Bermuda, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Canada Eastern Pacific, Columbia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curacao, Dominican Republic, East cost of USA, Florida, French Guiana, Grenada, Guatemala, Gulf of Mexico, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico (East Pacific), Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Martin / Sint Maarten, South America, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, the Netherlands Antilles, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela, Virgin Islands, U.S. 

Sea depth:

1 - 53 Meter 

Size:

13.78" - 18.9" (35cm - 48cm) 

Weight:

2.1 kg 

Temperature:

53.24 °F - 27,9 °F (11.8°C - 27,9°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Crabs, Crustaceans, Fish (little fishes), Predatory, Schrimps, Worms 

Difficulty:

Non adatto agli acquari! 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Has a poison harmful to health 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Selene brevoortii
  Pferdemakrele
• Selene brownii
• Selene dorsalis
• Selene orstedii
• 
  Selene peruviana
  Pazifischer Mondfisch, Stachelmakrele
• 
  Selene setapinnis
  Atlantischer Mondfisch
• Selene spixii
• 
  Selene vomer
  Bodengucker-Makrele

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-01-27 21:45:13 

Last edit:

2020-05-18 06:27:40 

tossico

This is a general hint!
Selene vomer has a harmful toxin.
As a rule, animals with a harmful poison do not pose mortal danger in normal Aquarieaner everyday life. Read the following husbandry information and comments from aquarists who already keep Selene vomer in their aquarium to get a better picture about the possible danger. However, please be careful when using Selene vomer. Every human reacts differently to poisons.
If you suspect that you have come into contact with the poison, please contact your doctor or the poison emergency call.
The phone number of the poison emergency call can be found here:
[overview_and_url_DE]
Overview Europe: European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxicologists

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Husbandry know-how of owners