Haemulon melanurum

Haemulon melanurumis commonly referred to as Cottonwick grunt. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Has a poison harmful to health.

Profile

lexID:

5174 

AphiaID:

275730 

Scientific:

Haemulon melanurum 

German:

Schwarzrücken-Grunzer 

English:

Cottonwick Grunt 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Haemulidae (Family) > Haemulon (Genus) > melanurum (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Linnaeus, ), 1758 

Sea depth:

3 - 50 Meter 

Size:

25 cm - 33 cm 

Weight:

0,550 kg 

Temperature:

22°C - 28°C 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

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:

• 
  Haemulon album
  Silber-Grunzer
• 
  Haemulon aurolineatum
  Goldstreifen-Grunzer
• Haemulon bonariense
• Haemulon boschmae
• Haemulon californiensis
• 
  Haemulon carbonarium
  Caeser-Grunzer
• 
  Haemulon chrysargyreum
  Gelbstreifen-Grunzer
• Haemulon flaviguttatum
• 
  Haemulon flavolineatum
  Franzosen-Grunzer
• 
  Haemulon macrostomum
  Grunzer
• Haemulon maculicauda
• 
  Haemulon melanurum
  Schwarzrücken-Grunzer
• 
  Haemulon parra
  Grauflossen-Grunzer
• Haemulon plumierii
• Haemulon schrankii
• 
  Haemulon sciurus
  Blausteifen Grunzer
• 
  Haemulon scudderii
  Grauer Grunzer
• Haemulon serrula
• Haemulon sexfasciatum
• 
  Haemulon squamipinna
  Grunzer
• 
  Haemulon steindachneri
  Steindachners Grunzer
• Haemulon striatum
• 
  Haemulon vittatum
  Grunzer
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Haemulon plumieri
  Weißer Grunzer

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-03-15 21:19:38 

Last edit:

2013-03-15 21:19:38 

Toxicity

This is a general hint!
Haemulon melanurum has a harmful toxin.
As a rule, animals with a harmful poison do not pose any danger in normal Aquarieaner everyday life. Read the following husbandry information and comments from aquarists who already keep Haemulon melanurum in their aquarium to get a better picture about the possible danger. However, please be careful when using Haemulon melanurum. 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 Worldwide: eapcct.org

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