Echeneis naucrates Live Sharksucker

Echeneis naucrates is commonly referred to as Live Sharksucker. Difficulty in the aquarium: suitable for large display tanks (public aquarium or zoo) only. A aquarium size of at least 50000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

3569 

AphiaID:

126848 

Scientific:

Echeneis naucrates 

German:

Gestreifter Schiffshalter 

English:

Live Sharksucker 

Category:

Podnawkowate 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Teleostei (Class) > Carangiformes (Order) > Echeneidae (Family) > Echeneis (Genus) > naucrates (Species) 

Initial determination:

Linnaeus, 1758 

Occurrence:

Djibouti, Hong Kong, Zirkumsubtropisch, the Black Sea, Azores, Bermuda, Canada Eastern Pacific, Circumtropic, Comores, Egypt, European Coasts, Florida, Gulf of Maine, Gulf of Mexico, Indian Ocean, Kenya, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mozambique, New Zealand, North Atlantic Ocean, North-West-Atlantic, Philippines, Red Sea, Réunion , Somalia, South-Africa, Tansania, the Canary Islands, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Mediterranean Sea, the Seychelles, Uruguay, USA 

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:

1 - 85 Meter 

Habitats:

Brackish water, Coastal waters, Coral reefs, Reef-associated, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

25.98" - 43.31" (66cm - 110cm) 

Weight:

2.3 kg 

Temperature:

18,3 °F - 28,6 °F (18,3°C - 28,6°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Fish (little fishes), Parasites 

Tank:

10998.92 gal (~ 50000L)  

Difficulty:

suitable for large display tanks (public aquarium or zoo) only 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Echeneis naucrates
  Gestreifter Schiffshalter
• 
  Echeneis neucratoides
  Schiffshalter

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2011-02-24 13:17:29 

Last edit:

2025-05-12 20:00:56 

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