Seriola carpenteri Guinean amberjack

Seriola carpenteri is commonly referred to as Guinean amberjack. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Has a poison harmful to health.

Prof. Dr. Peter Wirtz, Madeira

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Scientific:: Seriola carpenteri
German:: Bernsteinmakrele
English:: Guinean Amberjack

Category:: Jacks and Pompanos

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Carangidae (Family) > Seriola (Genus) > carpenteri (Species)
Initial determination:: Mather, 1971

Occurrence:: Benin, Ghana, Angola, Bay of Biscay, Cameroon, Congo, East-Atlantic Ocean, Equatorial Guinea, European Coasts, Morocco, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Spain, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Ivory Coast, the Mediterranean Sea, Togo, West Africa
Size:: 15.75" - 28.74" (40cm - 73cm)
Temperature:: 64.4 °F - 80.6 °F (18°C - 27°C)
Food:: Fish (little fishes), Predatory, Sepia
Difficulty:: Not suitable for home aquaria!
Toxicity:: Has a poison harmful to health

CITES:

Not evaluated

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2012-11-10 17:07:43
Last edit:: 2012-11-10 17:07:43

Toxicity

This is a general hint!
Seriola carpenteri 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 Seriola carpenteri in their aquarium to get a better picture about the possible danger. However, please be careful when using Seriola carpenteri. 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:
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Overview Europe: European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxicologists

Info

Mather, 1971

Distribution:
Eastern Atlantic: Bay of Biscay and Agadir, Morocco to Angola, including Cape Verde.
Migrants were caught around Lampedusa Island (Mediterranean Sea).

Biology:
Generally confined only in coastal waters over continental shelf, from the surface to at least 200 m.
Feed on squids and fishes.
Confined to areas where surface temperature exceed 25°C, its distribution perhaps influenced by seasonal movements of the 18-27°C water mass along the African coast.
Eggs are pelagic.

caution:
Reports of ciguatera poisoning!

External links

FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Homepage Prof. Dr. Peter Wirtz (en) (Archive.org). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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