Xanthichthys ringens Sargassum triggerfish

Xanthichthys ringens is commonly referred to as Sargassum triggerfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not for beginners. A aquarium size of at least 1800 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

2269 

AphiaID:

159486 

Scientific:

Xanthichthys ringens 

German:

Sargasso-Drückerfisch 

English:

Sargassum Triggerfish 

Category:

Aftrækkerfisk 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Tetraodontiformes (Order) > Balistidae (Family) > Xanthichthys (Genus) > ringens (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Linnaeus, ), 1758 

Occurrence:

Guadeloupe, Barbados, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Belize, Bermuda, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Cuba, Curacao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, East cost of USA, Grenada, Gulf of Mexico, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, The Bahamas, the Cayman Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, USA, Virgin Islands, U.S., West-Atlantic Ocean 

Sea depth:

25 - 80 Meter 

Size:

up to 9.84" (25 cm) 

Temperature:

73.4 °F - 78.8 °F (23°C - 26°C) 

Food:

Brine Shrimps, Crabs, Flakes, Frozen Food (large sort), Mysis, Schrimps, Sea urchins, Shrimps, Zooplankton 

Tank:

395.96 gal (~ 1800L)  

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:

• 
  Xanthichthys auromarginatus
  Blaukehl-Drückerfisch
• 
  Xanthichthys caeruleolineatus
  Drückerfisch
• Xanthichthys lima
• 
  Xanthichthys lineopunctatus
  Gestreifter Drückerfisch
• 
  Xanthichthys mento
  Rotschwanz-Drückerfisch
• 
  Xanthichthys ringens
  Sargasso-Drückerfisch

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Xanthichthys greenei
  Drückerfisch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2007-06-04 20:29:10 

Last edit:

2020-03-31 22:11:50 

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