Prionotus ophryas Bandtail searobin

Prionotus ophryas is commonly referred to as Bandtail searobin. Difficulty in the aquarium: Only for advanced aquarists. A aquarium size of at least 1500 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

6638 

AphiaID:

159573 

Scientific:

Prionotus ophryas 

German:

Knurrhahn 

English:

Bandtail Searobin 

Category:

Flying gurnards 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Scorpaeniformes (Order) > Triglidae (Family) > Prionotus (Genus) > ophryas (Species) 

Initial determination:

Jordan & Swain, 1885 

Occurrence:

Columbia, Gulf of Mexico, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, The Bahamas, USA, Venezuela, Virgin Islands, U.S., West-Atlantic Ocean 

Sea depth:

1 - 171 Meter 

Size:

up to 9.84" (25 cm) 

Temperature:

73.4 °F - 80.6 °F (23°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Clams, Crabs, Crustaceans, Edible crab, Fish (little fishes), Food specialist, Schrimps, Worms 

Tank:

329.97 gal (~ 1500L)  

Difficulty:

Only for advanced aquarists 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Prionotus alatus
• Prionotus albirostris
• Prionotus beanii
• Prionotus birostratus
• 
  Prionotus carolinus
  Knurrhahn
• Prionotus evolans
• Prionotus horrens
• Prionotus longispinosus
• Prionotus martis
• Prionotus miles
• Prionotus murielae
• 
  Prionotus nudigula
  Flug-Knurrhahn
• 
  Prionotus ophryas
  Knurrhahn
• Prionotus paralatus
• Prionotus punctatus
• 
  Prionotus roseus
  Knurrhahn
• 
  Prionotus rubio
  Knurrhahn
• Prionotus ruscarius
• 
  Prionotus scitulus
  Knurrhahn
• Prionotus stearnsi
• Prionotus stephanophrys
• Prionotus teaguei
• 
  Prionotus tribulus
  Großkopf Knurrhahn
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Prionotus sp. 01
  Knurrhahn

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-01-20 08:33:58 

Last edit:

2014-01-20 08:33:58 

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