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Totoaba macdonaldi Totoaba, Drum

Totoaba macdonaldi is commonly referred to as Totoaba, Drum. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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lexID:
11425 
AphiaID:
283019 
Scientific:
Totoaba macdonaldi 
German:
Totoaba, Umberfisch 
English:
Totoaba, Drum 
Category:
Croaker  
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Sciaenidae (Family) > Totoaba (Genus) > macdonaldi (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Gilbert, ), 1890 
Occurrence:
Gulf of California, Mexico (East Pacific), USA 
Sea depth:
4 - 40 Meter 
Size:
up to 78.74" (200 cm) 
Weight:
100 kg 
Temperature:
57.2 °F - 68 °F (14°C - 20°C) 
Food:
Fish (little fishes), Krill, Mysis, Schrimps 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for home aquaria! 
Offspring:
Possible to breed 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Critically endangered (CR) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
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Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2018-03-04 08:13:07 

Captive breeding / propagation

The offspring of Totoaba macdonaldi are possible. Unfortunately, the number of offspring is not large enough to cover the demand of the trade. If you are interested in Totoaba macdonaldi, please ask your dealer for offspring. If you already own Totoaba macdonaldi, try breeding yourself. This will help to improve the availability of offspring in the trade and to conserve natural stocks.

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Synonym: Cynoscion macdonaldi Gilbert, 1890

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