Hexagrammos stelleri Whitespotted greenling

Hexagrammos stelleri is commonly referred to as Whitespotted greenling. Difficulty in the aquarium: suitable for large display tanks (public aquarium or zoo) only. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

16065 

AphiaID:

254545 

Scientific:

Hexagrammos stelleri 

German:

Weißgepunkteter Grünling 

English:

Whitespotted Greenling 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Teleostei (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Hexagrammidae (Family) > Hexagrammos (Genus) > stelleri (Species) 

Initial determination:

Tilesius, 1810 

Occurrence:

Russland, Alaska , Aleutian Islands, Bering Sea, Canada Eastern Pacific, Chukchi Sea, Eastern Pacific Ocean, Gulf of Alaska (Pacific), Japan, North Pacific (Ocean), USA, West Coast USA 

Sea depth:

0 - 475 Meter 

Habitats:

Bollards, Jetties, Sea bridges, Rocky, hard seabeds, Seagrass meadows, Eelgrass Meadows 

Size:

up to 18.9" (48 cm) 

Weight:

1.6 kg 

Temperature:

33.8 °F - 46.22 °F (1°C - 7.9°C) 

Food:

Amphipods, Clams, Copepods, Crabs, Crustaceans, Echinoderm larvae, Edible crab, Fish (little fishes), Fish eggs, Fish larvae, Insects, Invertebrates, Jellyfish, Krill, Mysis, Ostracodes (seed shrimps), Predatory, Rock shrimps, Sea squirts, Sponges, Starfishs, Worms, Zoobenthos 

Difficulty:

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

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Hexagrammos agrammus
  Tüpfelbauch-Grünling
• 
  Hexagrammos decagrammus
  Kelpgrünling
• 
  Hexagrammos lagocephalus
  Kelpgrünling
• 
  Hexagrammos octogrammus
  Masken-Grünling
• 
  Hexagrammos otakii
  Grünling
• 
  Hexagrammos stelleri
  Weißgepunkteter Grünling

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2023-11-13 10:13:25 

Last edit:

2023-11-17 16:43:22 

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