Diagramma pictum Painted sweetlips

Diagramma pictum is commonly referred to as Painted sweetlips. Difficulty in the aquarium: suitable for large display tanks (public aquarium or zoo) only. Toxicity: Has a poison harmful to health.

Profile

lexID:

5157 

AphiaID:

218536 

Scientific:

Diagramma pictum 

German:

Silber-Süßlippe 

English:

Painted Sweetlips 

Category:

Gryntefisk 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Haemulidae (Family) > Diagramma (Genus) > pictum (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Thunberg, ), 1792 

Occurrence:

Djibouti, Hong Kong, Kuwait, Sudan, (the) Maldives, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, Bahrain, Bali, Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Comores, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), East Africa, Egypt, Great Barrier Reef, Gulf of Bengal / Bay of Bengal, Gulf of Oman / Oman, India, Indonesia, Irak, Iran, Japan, Kenya, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mozambique, Myanmar, New Caledonia, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Quatar, Red Sea, Réunion , Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South-Africa, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Taiwan, Tansania, Thailand, the Seychelles, Vietnam, Western Indian Ocean, Yemen 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

1 - 170 Meter 

Habitats:

Reef-associated, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

21.65" - 39.37" (55cm - 100cm) 

Weight:

6.3 kg 

Temperature:

24,1 °F - 29,1 °F (24,1°C - 29,1°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Clams, Crabs, Crustaceans, Invertebrates, Predatory, Rock shrimps, Schrimps, Small Sharks, Snails, Worms 

Difficulty:

suitable for large display tanks (public aquarium or zoo) only 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Has a poison harmful to health 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Diagramma labiosum
  Süsslippe
• 
  Diagramma melanacrum
  Süßlippe
• 
  Diagramma pictum
  Silber-Süßlippe
• 
  Diagramma punctatum
  Punktatum-Süsslippe

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-03-10 12:17:05 

Last edit:

2024-09-12 21:37:07 

Toxicity

This is a general hint!
Diagramma pictum 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 Diagramma pictum in their aquarium to get a better picture about the possible danger. However, please be careful when using Diagramma pictum. 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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