Mycteroperca fusca Island Grouper

Mycteroperca fusca is commonly referred to as Island Grouper. Difficulty in the aquarium: suitable for large display tanks (public aquarium or zoo) only. A aquarium size of at least 1000000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

3808 

AphiaID:

127038 

Scientific:

Mycteroperca fusca 

German:

Makronesen-Zackenbarsch 

English:

Island Grouper 

Category:

Groupers 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Serranidae (Family) > Mycteroperca (Genus) > fusca (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Lowe, ), 1838 

Occurrence:

Azores, East-Atlantic Ocean, Israel, Madeira, the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago 

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:

1 - 200 Meter 

Habitats:

Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Rocky, hard seabeds, Seawater, Sea water, Tide pools / rock pools 

Size:

up to 31.5" (80 cm) 

Weight:

3 kg 

Temperature:

16,7 °F - 25,3 °F (16,7°C - 25,3°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Crabs, Fish (little fishes), Predatory 

Tank:

219978.44 gal (~ 1000000L)  

Difficulty:

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

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Vulnerable (VU) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Mycteroperca acutirostris
  Zackenbarsch
• 
  Mycteroperca bonaci
  Schwarzer Zackenbarsch
• Mycteroperca cidi
• 
  Mycteroperca fusca
  Makronesen-Zackenbarsch
• 
  Mycteroperca interstitialis
  Gelbmaul-Zackenbarsch
• Mycteroperca jordani
• 
  Mycteroperca microlepis
  Zackenbarsche
• 
  Mycteroperca olfax
  Segelflossen-Zackenbarsch
• 
  Mycteroperca phenax
  Zackenbarsch
• 
  Mycteroperca prionura
  Prionura-Zackenbarsch
• 
  Mycteroperca rosacea
  Leopardzackenbarsch
• 
  Mycteroperca rubra
  Gefleckter Zackenbarsch, Roter Zackenbarsch, Kammbarsch, Rote Zackenbarsch
• 
  Mycteroperca tigris
  Tiger-Zackenbarsch
• 
  Mycteroperca venenosa
  Leoparden-Zackenbarsch
• 
  Mycteroperca xenarcha
  Besenschwanz-Zackenbarsch, Mangroven-Zackenbarsch
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2011-08-06 09:19:31 

Last edit:

2025-01-04 17:11:23 

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