Haemulon album White margate

Haemulon album is commonly referred to as White margate. Difficulty in the aquarium: suitable for large display tanks (public aquarium or zoo) only. Toxicity: Has a poison harmful to health.

Profile

lexID:

5649 

AphiaID:

275721 

Scientific:

Haemulon album 

German:

Silber-Grunzer 

English:

White Margate 

Category:

 

Family tree:

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

Initial determination:

Cuvier, 1830 

Occurrence:

Suriname, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Brazil, Columbia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Florida, French Guiana, Gulf of Mexico, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico (East Pacific), Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, South America, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, the Cayman Islands, USA, Venezuela 

Sea depth:

2 - 60 Meter 

Size:

19.69" - 31.1" (50cm - 79cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Clams, Crabs, Invertebrates, Mantis shrimps, Predatory, Rock shrimps, Schrimps, Sea urchins, Starfishs, Worms, Zoobenthos 

Difficulty:

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

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Has a poison harmful to health 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Data deficient (DD) 

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:

2013-06-20 19:58:05 

Last edit:

2022-05-29 19:35:57 

Toxicity

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