Brevoortia tyrannus Atlantic menhaden

Brevoortia tyrannus is commonly referred to as Atlantic menhaden. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

7728 

AphiaID:

158691 

Scientific:

Brevoortia tyrannus 

German:

Atlantischer Menhade, Bunker 

English:

Atlantic Menhaden 

Category:

Herrings 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Clupeiformes (Order) > Clupeidae (Family) > Brevoortia (Genus) > tyrannus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Latrobe, ), 1802 

Occurrence:

Canada Eastern Pacific, Florida, USA 

Sea depth:

0 - 50 Meter 

Size:

up to 19.69" (50 cm) 

Temperature:

4,4 °F - 78.8 °F (4,4°C - 26°C) 

Food:

Copepods, Detritus, Krill, Phytoplankton, Worms, Zooplankton 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Brevoortia aurea
• Brevoortia gunteri
• Brevoortia patronus
• Brevoortia pectinata
• Brevoortia smithi
• 
  Brevoortia tyrannus
  Atlantischer Menhade, Bunker

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-11-23 16:32:37 

Last edit:

2014-11-23 16:32:37 

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