Decodon puellaris Red Hogfish

Decodon puellaris is commonly referred to as Red Hogfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not for beginners. A aquarium size of at least 1000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Larry Gerharts, Niederländische Antillen

Foto: Bonaire, Niederländische Antillen, 19 August 2006, 23 cm lang

Courtesy of the author Larry Gerharts, Niederländische Antillen

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lexID:: 10805
AphiaID:: 276747

Scientific:: Decodon puellaris
German:: Zahnlippfisch
English:: Red Hogfish

Category:: Gylter

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Labridae (Family) > Decodon (Genus) > puellaris (Species)
Initial determination:: (Poey, ), 1860

Occurrence:: Barbados, Guadeloupe, Suriname, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Belize, Bermuda, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Columbia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curacao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, French Guiana, Grenada, Gulf of Mexico, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Martin / Sint Maarten, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, South America, The Bahamas, the Cayman Islands, the Netherlands Antilles, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, USA, Venezuela, Virgin Islands, U.S., West-Atlantic Ocean
Sea depth:: 18 - 275 Meter
Size:: 8.66" - 11.81" (22cm - 30cm)
Temperature:: 14,7 °F - 25,7 °F (14,7°C - 25,7°C)
Food:: Brine Shrimps, Copepods, Crustaceans, Daphnia salina, Fish (little fishes), Frozen Food (large sort), Krill, Living Food, Mysis, Shrimps, Zoobenthos, Zooplankton
Tank:: 219.98 gal (~ 1000L)
Difficulty:: Not for beginners
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Least concern (LC)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Decodon grandisquamis
Decodon melasma
Zahnlippfisch
Decodon pacificus
Zehnzahn-Lippfisch, Pazifischer Lippfisch
Decodon puellaris
Zahnlippfisch

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2017-06-09 16:44:35
Last edit:: 2017-06-11 08:47:36

Info

(Poey, 1860)

Synonym:
Cossyphus puellaris Poey, 1860

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Labroidei (Suborder) > Labridae (Family) > Decodon (Genus) > Decodon puellaris (Species)

Jumping guard
A jumping guard prevents (nocturnal) fish from jumping out.
Wrasses, blennies, hawkfishs and gobies jump out of an unprotected tank in fright if their night rest is disturbed, unfortunately these jumpers are found dried up in the morning on carpets, glass edges or later behind the tank.

https://www.korallenriff.de/en/article/1925_5_Jump_Protection_Solutions_for_Fish_in_the_Aquarium__5_Net_Covers.html

A small night light also helps, as it provides the fish with a means of orientation in the dark!

External links

Encyclodedia of Life (EOL) (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Shorefishes of the Greater Caribbean online information system (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Foto: Bonaire, Niederländische Antillen, 19 August 2006, 23 cm lang

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