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Parapristipoma humile Guinean grunt

Parapristipoma humile is commonly referred to as Guinean grunt. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!.


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lexID:
4771 
AphiaID:
126944 
Scientific:
Parapristipoma humile 
German:
Guinea-Grunzer 
English:
Guinean Grunt 
Category:
 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Haemulidae (Family) > Parapristipoma (Genus) > humile (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Bowdich, ), 1825 
Occurrence:
Straße von Gibraltar, Angola, East-Atlantic Ocean, Madeira, the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago, The Gulf of Guinea, West Africa 
Size:
9.84" - 14.57" (25cm - 37cm) 
Food:
Clams, Crabs, Crustaceans, Edible crab, Invertebrates, Krill, Rock shrimps, Schrimps, Snails, Worms, Zoobenthos 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for home aquaria! 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Related species at
Catalog of Life
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2012-10-24 22:42:59 

Info

(Bowdich, 1825)

Distribution:
Eastern Atlantic: the distribution is difficult to establish because this species is often confused with Parapristipoma octolineatum. Recorded from Gibraltar to the Canary Islands and along the coast of west Africa southward to Angola.

Biology:
Found from littoral to 100 m, over sand and rocks.

Synonymised taxa:
Diagramma citrinellum Günther, 1864
Parapristipoma viridense (Cuvier, 1830)
Pristipoma humilis Bowdich, 1825
Pristipoma viridense Cuvier, 1830

External links

  1. FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Wikipedia (de). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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