Nomeus gronovii Man-of-war fish, Bluebottle-fish

Nomeus gronovii is commonly referred to as Man-of-war fish, Bluebottle-fish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

9722 

AphiaID:

126991 

Scientific:

Nomeus gronovii 

German:

Quallenfisch 

English:

Man-of-war Fish, Bluebottle-fish 

Category:

Inne ryby 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Nomeidae (Family) > Nomeus (Genus) > gronovii (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Gmelin, ), 1789 

Occurrence:

Guadeloupe, Barbados, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bermuda, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Canada Eastern Pacific, China, Cuba, Curacao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, East-Atlantic Ocean, Grenada, Gulf of Mexico, Haiti, Hawaii, India, Jamaica, Japan, Martinique, Montserrat, Mozambique, New Zealand, Newfoundland, Peru, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, São Tomé e Principé, South-Africa, Taiwan, The Bahamas, the Canary Islands, the Cayman Islands, the Mediterranean Sea, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, USA, Virgin Islands, U.S. 

Sea depth:

200 - 1000 Meter 

Size:

up to 15.75" (40 cm) 

Temperature:

3,7 °F - 27,5 °F (3,7°C - 27,5°C) 

Food:

Hydrozoa polyps, Invertebrates, Jellyfish 

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:

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  Nomeus gronovii
  Quallenfisch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2016-05-21 11:37:46 

Last edit:

2016-05-21 11:37:46 

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