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Microspathodon bairdii Bumphead damselfish

Microspathodon bairdii is commonly referred to as Bumphead damselfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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lexID:
8066 
AphiaID:
281570 
Scientific:
Microspathodon bairdii 
German:
Riffbarsch 
English:
Bumphead Damselfish 
Category:
Damselfishes 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Pomacentridae (Family) > Microspathodon (Genus) > bairdii (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Gill, ), 1862 
Occurrence:
El Salvador, Cocos Island (Costa Rica), Columbia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Galapagos Islands, Guatemala, Gulf of California, Honduras, Mexico (East Pacific), Nicaragua, Panama 
Sea depth:
Meter 
Size:
up to 9.84" (25 cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Algae (Algivore), Aquatic plant, Detritus, Invertebrates 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for home aquaria! 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2017-12-09 09:33:13 

Info

(Gill, 1862)

This species inhabits rocky inshore reefs exposed to wave action and currents to depths of 3m - 15m, and is most frequently observed near large boulders in the shallow subtidal zone.

Bumphead damselfish is a highly aggressive, so only to keep in a fish-aquarium, but better left in the wild.

Synonym:
Pomacentrus bairdii Gill, 1862


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