Bullisichthys caribbaeus Pugnose bass

Bullisichthys caribbaeus is commonly referred to as Pugnose bass. Difficulty in the aquarium: Only for advanced aquarists. A aquarium size of at least 100 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

8588 

AphiaID:

280007 

Scientific:

Bullisichthys caribbaeus 

German:

Sägebarsch 

English:

Pugnose Bass 

Category:

Barser 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Serranidae (Family) > Bullisichthys (Genus) > caribbaeus (Species) 

Initial determination:

Rivas, 1971 

Occurrence:

Guadeloupe, Barbados, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Central America (Eastern Pacific), Central Atlantic, Columbia, Cuba, Curacao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, 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 Caribbean, the Netherlands Antilles, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, Venezuela, Virgin Islands, U.S. 

Sea depth:

90 - 150 Meter 

Size:

up to 2.36" (6 cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 78.8 °F (22°C - 26°C) 

Food:

Amphipods, Copepods, Daphnia salina, Fish larvae, Mysis, Zoobenthos, Zooplankton 

Tank:

22 gal (~ 100L)  

Difficulty:

Only for advanced aquarists 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

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  Bullisichthys caribbaeus
  Sägebarsch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2015-07-25 12:40:33 

Last edit:

2019-09-07 16:38:27 

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