Hyporthodus nigritus Warsaw grouper

Hyporthodus nigritus is commonly referred to as Warsaw grouper. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

David Brayn, USA

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Scientific:: Hyporthodus nigritus
German:: Warschau-Zackenbarsch
English:: Warsaw Grouper

Category:: Groupers

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Serranidae (Family) > Hyporthodus (Genus) > nigritus (Species)
Initial determination:: (Holbrook, ), 1855

Occurrence:: Barbados, Belize, Brazil, Columbia, Cuba, Gulf of Mexico, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico (East Pacific), Panama, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, the Cayman Islands, USA, West-Atlantic Ocean
Size:: up to 90.55" (230 cm)
Temperature:: 71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C)
Food:: Big fish, Crabs, Crustaceans, Edible crab, Fish (little fishes), Living Food, Lobster, Mantis shrimps, Predatory, Rock lobster, Rock shrimps, Schrimps
Difficulty:: Not suitable for home aquaria!
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Hyporthodus acanthistius
Hyporthodus ergastularius
Hyporthodus exsul
Hyporthodus flavolimbatus
Hyporthodus haifensis
Hyporthodus mystacinus
Hyporthodus nigritus
Warschau-Zackenbarsch
Hyporthodus niphobles
Zackenbarsch
Hyporthodus niveatus
Zackenbarsch
Hyporthodus octofasciatus
Hyporthodus perplexus
Hyporthodus quernus
Zackenbarsch
Hyporthodus septemfasciatus
Zackenbarsch

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2012-12-01 12:57:23
Last edit:: 2012-12-01 12:57:23

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(Holbrook, 1855)

Special thanks to David Brayn, USA, for this foto!

Distribution
Western Atlantic: Massachusetts, USA to the Gulf of Mexico, Cuba, Trinidad, Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, Brazil. Rare in the West Indies (Cuba, Haiti, and Trinidad).
Reports from the eastern Pacific are apparently misidentifications of Epinephelus exsul.

Biology
A solitary species usually found on rocky bottoms; juveniles are occasionally seen on jetties and shallow reefs. Adults feed on a variety of crabs, shrimps, lobsters, and fishes.

IUCN Red List Status
Critically Endangered (CR) (A2d+3d)

Synonymised taxa:
Epinephelus nigritus (Holbrook, 1855)

External links

FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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