Haemulon aurolineatum Tomtate grunt

Haemulon aurolineatum is commonly referred to as Tomtate grunt. Difficulty in the aquarium: Veldig vanskelig. A aquarium size of at least 5000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Has a poison harmful to health.

Profile

lexID:

4673 

AphiaID:

158807 

Scientific:

Haemulon aurolineatum 

German:

Goldstreifen-Grunzer 

English:

Tomtate Grunt 

Category:

Snappere 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Haemulidae (Family) > Haemulon (Genus) > aurolineatum (Species) 

Initial determination:

Cuvier, 1830 

Occurrence:

Barbados, Guadeloupe, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Belize, Bermuda, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Columbia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Florida, French Guiana, Grenada, Guatemala, Gulf of Mexico, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Singapore, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, the Cayman Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, USA, Venezuela, Virgin Islands, U.S., West-Atlantic Ocean 

Sea depth:

1 - 40 Meter 

Size:

7.09" - 9.84" (18cm - 25cm) 

Temperature:

68 °F - 82.4 °F (20°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), Clams, Crabs, Crustaceans, Edible crab, Invertebrates, Krill, Living Food, Mysis, Predatory, Rock shrimps, Schrimps, Snails 

Tank:

1099.89 gal (~ 5000L)  

Difficulty:

Veldig vanskelig 

Offspring:

Possible to breed 

Toxicity:

Has a poison harmful to health 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Haemulon album
  Silber-Grunzer
• 
  Haemulon aurolineatum
  Goldstreifen-Grunzer
• 
  Haemulon bonariense
  Gepunkteter Grunzer
• 
  Haemulon boschmae
  Bronzestreifen-Grunzer
• 
  Haemulon carbonarium
  Caeser-Grunzer
• Haemulon chrysargyreum
• 
  Haemulon flaviguttatum
  Cortez-Grunzer
• 
  Haemulon flavolineatum
  Franzosen-Grunzer
• 
  Haemulon macrostomum
  Grunzer
• 
  Haemulon maculicauda
  Schwarzfleck Grunzer
• 
  Haemulon melanurum
  Schwarzrücken-Grunzer
• 
  Haemulon parra
  Grauflossen-Grunzer
• 
  Haemulon plumierii
  Weißer Grunzer
• Haemulon schrankii
• 
  Haemulon sciurus
  Blausteifen Grunzer
• 
  Haemulon scudderii
  Grauer Grunzer
• Haemulon serrula
• 
  Haemulon sexfasciatum
  Sechsstreifen-Grunzer
• 
  Haemulon squamipinna
  Grunzer
• 
  Haemulon steindachneri
  Steindachners Grunzer
• 
  Haemulon striatum
  Streifengrunzer
• 
  Haemulon vittatum
  Grunzer
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2012-09-23 20:00:43 

Last edit:

2017-04-24 11:59:35 

Captive breeding / propagation

Toxicity

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