Alphestes afer Mutton hamlet, Small Grouper, Hamlet, Mossfish, Mossy Grouper, Cherna, Red Nigger Hamlet, Coney

Alphestes afer is commonly referred to as Mutton hamlet, Small Grouper, Hamlet, Mossfish, Mossy Grouper, Cherna, Red Nigger Hamlet, Coney. Difficulty in the aquarium: Only for advanced aquarists. A aquarium size of at least 3000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Has a poison harmful to health.

Profile

lexID:

10599 

AphiaID:

279567 

Scientific:

Alphestes afer 

German:

Zackenbarsch 

English:

Mutton Hamlet, Small Grouper, Hamlet, Mossfish, Mossy Grouper, Cherna, Red Nigger Hamlet, Coney 

Category:

Groupers 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Serranidae (Family) > Alphestes (Genus) > afer (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Bloch, ), 1793 

Occurrence:

Guadeloupe, Barbados, Suriname, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Belize, Bermuda, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Columbia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curacao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, East-Atlantic Ocean, French Guiana, Galapagos Islands, Grenada, Gulf of Mexico, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Nicaragua, Panama, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, São Tomé e Principé, South-Africa, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, the Cayman Islands, The Gulf of Guinea, the Netherlands Antilles, Trindade and Martim Vaz, Turks and Caicos Islands, Uruguay, Venezuela, Virgin Islands, U.S., West Africa 

Sea depth:

2 - 30 Meter 

Size:

7.09" - 12.99" (18cm - 33cm) 

Temperature:

26,4 °F - 27,5 °F (26,4°C - 27,5°C) 

Food:

Coralfish of all kind, Crabs, Crustaceans, Edible crab, Fish (little fishes), Rock shrimps, Sardines, Schrimps, Shrimps, Smelts 

Tank:

659.94 gal (~ 3000L)  

Difficulty:

Only for advanced aquarists 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Has a poison harmful to health 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Alphestes afer
  Zackenbarsch
• 
  Alphestes immaculatus
  Hamlet
• 
  Alphestes multiguttatus
  Zackenbarsch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2017-04-04 17:41:52 

Last edit:

2017-04-05 18:16:43 

Toxicity

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