Anisotremus surinamensis Black margate

Anisotremus surinamensis is commonly referred to as Black margate. Difficulty in the aquarium: suitable for large display tanks (public aquarium or zoo) only. Toxicity: Has a poison harmful to health.

Profile

lexID:

7232 

AphiaID:

279623 

Scientific:

Anisotremus surinamensis 

German:

Surinam-Grunzer 

English:

Black Margate 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Haemulidae (Family) > Anisotremus (Genus) > surinamensis (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Bloch, ), 1791 

Occurrence:

Guadeloupe, Barbados, Suriname, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Belize, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Columbia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curacao, Dominican Republic, Florida, French Guiana, Grenada, Guatemala, Gulf of Mexico, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Mexico (East Pacific), Montserrat, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Martin / Sint Maarten, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, the Cayman Islands, the Netherlands Antilles, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela, Virgin Islands, U.S. 

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:

0 - 20 Meter 

Size:

17.72" - 29.92" (45cm - 76cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Clams, Crustaceans, Fish (little fishes), Sea urchins, Snails, Zoobenthos 

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:

Data deficient (DD) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Anisotremus caesius
  Silbergrauer Grunzer
• 
  Anisotremus davidsonii
  Grunzer
• 
  Anisotremus interruptus
  Langgestreckter Grunzer
• 
  Anisotremus scapularis
  Grunzer
• 
  Anisotremus surinamensis
  Surinam-Grunzer
• 
  Anisotremus taeniatus
  Panama-Grunzer
• 
  Anisotremus virginicus
  Virginia-Grunzer, Schweins-Grunzer

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Anisotremus espinozai
  Zapatilla Grunzer, Santa Cruz Grunzer

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-06-16 19:16:27 

Last edit:

2021-10-23 14:17:51 

Toxicity

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