Mulloidichthys dentatus Mexican Goatfish

Mulloidichthys dentatus is commonly referred to as Mexican Goatfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: suitable for large display tanks (public aquarium or zoo) only. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

5597 

AphiaID:

277990 

Scientific:

Mulloidichthys dentatus 

German:

Mexikanische Meerbarbe 

English:

Mexican Goatfish 

Category:

Морское - Барбулевые 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Teleostei (Class) > Mulliformes (Order) > Mullidae (Family) > Mulloidichthys (Genus) > dentatus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Gill, ), 1862 

Occurrence:

El Salvador, Columbia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Galapagos Islands, Guatemala, Gulf of California, Honduras, Mexico (East Pacific), Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, USA 

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:

3 - 46 Meter 

Habitats:

Estuaries (river mouths), Lagoons, Muddy grounds, Reef-associated, Rocky, hard seabeds, Sandy sea floors, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

up to 12.2" (31 cm) 

Temperature:

20,6 °F - 28,4 °F (20,6°C - 28,4°C) 

Food:

Zoobenthos 

Difficulty:

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

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Mulloidichthys ayliffe
  Meerbarbe
• 
  Mulloidichthys dentatus
  Mexikanische Meerbarbe
• 
  Mulloidichthys flavolineatus
  Seitenfleck- bzw. Gelbstreifen- Meerbarbe
• 
  Mulloidichthys martinicus
  Gelbe Meerbarbe
• 
  Mulloidichthys mimicus
  Mimik-Meerbarbe
• 
  Mulloidichthys pfluegeri
  Pfluegers Meeresbarbe
• 
  Mulloidichthys vanicolensis
  Gelbschwanz-Meerbarbe, Großschulen-Meerbarbe

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Mulloidichthys flavolineatus flavicaudus
  Meerbarbe
• 
  Mulloidichthys flavolineatus flavolineatus subsp.
  Meerbarbe

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-06-05 11:34:19 

Last edit:

2024-12-17 19:47:27 

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