Trachyscorpia cristulata Atlantic thornyhead, Spiny Rockfish

Trachyscorpia cristulata is commonly referred to as Atlantic thornyhead, Spiny Rockfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Cold water animal. Toxicity: Toxic.

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lexID:

11838 

AphiaID:

127256 

Scientific:

Trachyscorpia cristulata 

German:

Stachelkopf 

English:

Atlantic Thornyhead, Spiny Rockfish 

Category:

Sebastidae 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Scorpaeniformes (Order) > Sebastidae (Family) > Trachyscorpia (Genus) > cristulata (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Goode & Bean, ), 1896 

Occurrence:

Gambia, West Sahara, the Black Sea, Azores, Balearic Islands, Bay of Biscay, Cuba, East-Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, Madeira, Morocco, North Atlantic Ocean, Puerto Rico, Spain, The Bahamas, the British Isles, the Caribbean, the Isle of Man, the Mediterranean Sea, USA, West-Atlantic Ocean 

Sea depth:

130 - 2330 Meter 

Size:

up to 19.69" (50 cm) 

Temperature:

2,4 °F - 14,2 °F (2,4°C - 14,2°C) 

Food:

Crabs, Crustaceans, Edible crab, Fish (little fishes), Krill, Predatory, Schrimps, Sepia, Zoobenthos, Zooplankton 

Difficulty:

Cold water animal 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Trachyscorpia carnomagula
• 
  Trachyscorpia cristulata
  Stachelkopf
• Trachyscorpia eschmeyeri
• Trachyscorpia longipedicula
• Trachyscorpia osheri
• Trachyscorpia verai

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2018-12-10 14:33:23 

Last edit:

2018-12-10 18:42:44 

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