Ancylopsetta quadrocellata Ocellated Flounder

Ancylopsetta quadrocellata is commonly referred to as Ocellated Flounder. Difficulty in the aquarium: suitable for large display tanks (public aquarium or zoo) only. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

4847 

AphiaID:

159273 

Scientific:

Ancylopsetta quadrocellata 

German:

Augenflecken-Steinbutt 

English:

Ocellated Flounder 

Category:

Flounders & Soles 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Teleostei (Class) > Pleuronectiformes (Order) > Paralichthyidae (Family) > Ancylopsetta (Genus) > quadrocellata (Species) 

Initial determination:

Gill, 1864 

Occurrence:

Cuba, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean, USA, 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:

4 - 110 Meter 

Size:

up to 9.84" (25 cm) 

Temperature:

71.78 °F - 79.52 °F (22.1°C - 26.4°C) 

Food:

Amphipods, Copepods, Crabs, Crustaceans, Edible crab, Fish (little fishes), Invertebrates, Isopods, Living Food, Mantis shrimps, Mysis, Predatory, Rock shrimps, Schrimps, Shrimps, Worms, Zoobenthos, Zooplankton 

Difficulty:

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

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Ancylopsetta antillarum
• Ancylopsetta cycloidea
• Ancylopsetta dendritica
• Ancylopsetta dilecta
• Ancylopsetta kumperae
• Ancylopsetta microctenus
• Ancylopsetta ommata

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Ancylopsetta quadrocellata
  Augenflecken-Steinbutt

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2012-11-27 21:17:18 

Last edit:

2024-05-02 13:44:01 

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