Priacanthus arenatus Atlantic bigeye

Priacanthus arenatus is commonly referred to as Atlantic bigeye. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Has a poison harmful to health.

Profile

lexID:

4694 

AphiaID:

127005 

Scientific:

Priacanthus arenatus 

German:

Atlantischer Großaugenbarsch 

English:

Atlantic Bigeye 

Category:

Bigeye Perch 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Priacanthidae (Family) > Priacanthus (Genus) > arenatus (Species) 

Initial determination:

Cuvier, 1829 

Occurrence:

Ghana, Suriname, Benin, Angola, Belize, Bermuda, Brazil, Cameroon, Canada Eastern Pacific, Columbia, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, East-Atlantic Ocean, French Guiana, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Madeira, Mexico (East Pacific), Nicaragua, Nigeria, Panama, Puerto Rico, São Tomé e Principé, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South America, The Bahamas, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Caribbean, the Cayman Islands, the Ivory Coast, the Mediterranean Sea, Togo, USA, Venezuela, 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:

10 - 200 Meter 

Size:

13.78" - 19.69" (35cm - 50cm) 

Weight:

2.85 kg 

Temperature:

68 °F - 82.4 °F (20°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Clams, Crabs, Crustaceans, Edible crab, Fish (little fishes), Fish larvae, Hermit crabs, Krill, Living Food, Mantis shrimps, Predatory, Rock shrimps, Schrimps, Snails, Starfishs, Worms, Zoobenthos 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

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:

• Priacanthus alalaua
• 
  Priacanthus arenatus
  Atlantischer Großaugenbarsch
• 
  Priacanthus blochii
  Großaugenbarsch
• Priacanthus fitchi
• 
  Priacanthus hamrur
  Riff-Großaugenbarsch
• 
  Priacanthus macracanthus
  Australische Großaugenbarsch
• Priacanthus meeki
• Priacanthus nasca
• Priacanthus prolixus
• 
  Priacanthus sagittarius
  Großaugenbarsch
• Priacanthus tayenus
• Priacanthus zaiserae
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2012-10-03 13:11:16 

Last edit:

2022-12-05 06:14:45 

Toxicity

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