Haemulon melanurum Cottonwick grunt

Haemulon melanurum is commonly referred to as Cottonwick grunt. Difficulty in the aquarium: suitable for large display tanks (public aquarium or zoo) only. Toxicity: Has a poison harmful to health.

Profile

lexID:

5174 

AphiaID:

275730 

Scientific:

Haemulon melanurum 

German:

Schwarzrücken-Grunzer 

English:

Cottonwick Grunt 

Category:

Luszczowate 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Haemulidae (Family) > Haemulon (Genus) > melanurum (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Linnaeus, ), 1758 

Occurrence:

Guadeloupe, Barbados, Suriname, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Belize, Bermuda, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Columbia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curacao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Florida, French Guiana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, The Bahamas, the Cayman Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, USA, Venezuela, Virgin Islands, U.S., West-Atlantic Ocean 

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:

3 - 50 Meter 

Size:

9.84" - 12.99" (25cm - 33cm) 

Weight:

550 g 

Temperature:

23,7 °F - 82.4 °F (23,7°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Carrion, Crustaceans, Detritus, Invertebrates, Mysis, Predatory, Rock shrimps, Schrimps, 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:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Haemulon album
  Silber-Grunzer
• 
  Haemulon aurolineatum
  Goldstreifen-Grunzer
• 
  Haemulon bonariense
  Gepunkteter Grunzer
• 
  Haemulon boschmae
  Bronzestreifen-Grunzer
• 
  Haemulon carbonarium
  Caeser-Grunzer
• Haemulon chrysargyreum
• 
  Haemulon flaviguttatum
  Cortez-Grunzer
• 
  Haemulon flavolineatum
  Franzosen-Grunzer
• 
  Haemulon macrostomum
  Grunzer
• 
  Haemulon maculicauda
  Schwarzfleck Grunzer
• 
  Haemulon melanurum
  Schwarzrücken-Grunzer
• 
  Haemulon parra
  Grauflossen-Grunzer
• 
  Haemulon plumierii
  Weißer Grunzer
• Haemulon schrankii
• 
  Haemulon sciurus
  Blausteifen Grunzer
• 
  Haemulon scudderii
  Grauer Grunzer
• Haemulon serrula
• 
  Haemulon sexfasciatum
  Sechsstreifen-Grunzer
• 
  Haemulon squamipinna
  Grunzer
• 
  Haemulon steindachneri
  Steindachners Grunzer
• 
  Haemulon striatum
  Streifengrunzer
• 
  Haemulon vittatum
  Grunzer
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-03-15 21:19:38 

Last edit:

2023-10-10 17:55:52 

Uwaga!

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