Selar boops Oxeye scad

Selar boops is commonly referred to as Oxeye scad. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

13415 

AphiaID:

126813 

Scientific:

Selar boops 

German:

Ochsenaugen-Makrele 

English:

Oxeye Scad 

Category:

Makrele 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Carangidae (Family) > Selar (Genus) > boops (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Cuvier, ), 1833 

Occurrence:

Hong Kong, Admiralty Islands, Ambon, American Samoa, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, Bali, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Cook Islands, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), Fiji, Great Barrier Reef, Guam, India, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Japan, Kiribati, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaysia, Marquesas Islands, Marschall Islands, Micronesia, Myanmar, New Caledonia, Northern Mariana Islands, Northern Territory (Australia), Palau, Papua New Guinea, Paracel-Islands, Philippines, Queensland (Australia), Raja Amat, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Spratly Islands, Sumatra, Tahiti, Taiwan, Thailand, The Ryukyu Islands, Timor, Timor Sea, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna, Western Australia 

Sea depth:

35 - 500 Meter 

Size:

7.87" - 10.24" (20cm - 26cm) 

Temperature:

13,4 °F - 31,1 °F (13,4°C - 31,1°C) 

Food:

Amphipods, Crabs, Fish (little fishes), Invertebrates, Isopods, Krill, Mysis, Schrimps, Zoobenthos, Zooplankton 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Selar boops
  Ochsenaugen-Makrele
• 
  Selar crumenophthalmus
  Grossaugen-Heringsmakrele

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2020-12-08 18:38:22 

Last edit:

2020-12-09 19:25:14 

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