Ocyurus chrysurus yellowtail snapper

Ocyurus chrysurus is commonly referred to as yellowtail snapper. Difficulty in the aquarium: suitable for large display tanks (public aquarium or zoo) only. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

3258 

AphiaID:

159803 

Scientific:

Ocyurus chrysurus 

German:

Gelbstreifen-Schnapper 

English:

Yellowtail Snapper 

Category:

Снэппер 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Lutjanidae (Family) > Ocyurus (Genus) > chrysurus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Bloch, ), 1791 

Occurrence:

Suriname, Guadeloupe, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Belize, Bermuda, Brazil, Columbia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curacao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Florida, French Guiana, Guatemala, Gulf of Mexico, Guyana, Hawaii, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, the Cayman Islands, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Netherlands Antilles, Turks and Caicos Islands, USA, Venezuela, Virgin Islands, U.S. 

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:

0 - 180 Meter 

Size:

up to 29.53" (75 cm) 

Temperature:

68 °F - 93.2 °F (20°C - 34°C) 

Food:

Crabs, Fish (little fishes), Krill, Schrimps, Worms 

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:

Data deficient (DD) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

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  Ocyurus chrysurus
  Gelbstreifen-Schnapper

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2010-07-10 15:58:29 

Last edit:

2022-08-08 22:29:11 

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