Dermatolepis dermatolepis Leather Bass

Dermatolepis dermatolepis is commonly referred to as Leather Bass. Difficulty in the aquarium: suitable for large display tanks (public aquarium or zoo) only. A aquarium size of at least 10000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

7024 

AphiaID:

276919 

Scientific:

Dermatolepis dermatolepis 

German:

Leder Zackenbarsch 

English:

Leather Bass 

Category:

Havabbor 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Serranidae (Family) > Dermatolepis (Genus) > dermatolepis (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Boulenger, ), 1895 

Occurrence:

El Salvador, Clipperton Island, Columbia, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Eastern Pacific Ocean, Ecuador, Galapagos Islands, Guatemala, Gulf of California, Honduras, Mexico (East Pacific), Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, USA 

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:

21 - 40 Meter 

Habitats:

Reef-associated, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

4.72" - 39.37" (12,5cm - 100cm) 

Temperature:

73.4 °F - 26,3 °F (23°C - 26,3°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Crustaceans, Fish (little fishes), Predatory 

Tank:

2199.78 gal (~ 10000L)  

Difficulty:

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

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Dermatolepis dermatolepis
  Leder Zackenbarsch
• Dermatolepis inermis
• 
  Dermatolepis striolata
  Pantherbarsch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-04-16 08:47:00 

Last edit:

2025-02-21 19:30:24 

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