Chilomycterus mauretanicus Guinean burrfish

Chilomycterus mauretanicus is commonly referred to as Guinean burrfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Only for advanced aquarists. A aquarium size of at least 1000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Scientific:: Chilomycterus mauretanicus
German:: "Mauretanischer Igelfisch"
English:: Guinean Burrfish

Category:: Porcupinefishes/Burrfishes

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Teleostei (Class) > Tetraodontiformes (Order) > Diodontidae (Family) > Chilomycterus (Genus) > mauretanicus (Species)
Initial determination:: (Le Danois, ), 1954

Occurrence:: Angola, East-Atlantic Ocean, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritania, Sierra Leone, the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago, The Gulf of Guinea, West Africa
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:: - 100 Meter
Size:: up to 9.84" (25 cm)
Temperature:: °F - 78.8 °F (°C - 26°C)
Food:: Clams, Crabs, Invertebrates, Living Food, Mysis, Rock shrimps, Schrimps, Snails
Tank:: 219.98 gal (~ 1000L)
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:

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2012-09-10 20:05:23
Last edit:: 2024-05-03 14:46:36

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(Le Danois, 1954)

Distribution:
Eastern Atlantic: Cabo Blanco, Mauritania to Angola, with possible strays to South Africa.

Occurs mostly over sand and mud bottoms.
Feeds on hard-shelled invertebrates such as mollusks.
Sale of this species is banned in some countries due to belief that this species is poisonous (but documented proof is lacking).
Not consumed in Africa.

Synonymised taxa:
Atinga atinga mauretanicus Le Danois, 1954 · unaccepted
Chilomycterus spinosus mauretanicus (Le Danois, 1954) · unaccepted

External links

FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Homepage Prof. Dr. Peter Wirtz (en) (Archive.org). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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