Mycteroperca bonaci Black grouper

Mycteroperca bonaci is commonly referred to as Black grouper. Difficulty in the aquarium: suitable for large display tanks (public aquarium or zoo) only. Toxicity: Has a poison harmful to health.

Profile

lexID:

4854 

AphiaID:

159231 

Scientific:

Mycteroperca bonaci 

German:

Schwarzer Zackenbarsch 

English:

Black Grouper 

Category:

Groupers 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Serranidae (Family) > Mycteroperca (Genus) > bonaci (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Poey, ), 1860 

Occurrence:

Barbados, Guadeloupe, Suriname, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Belize, Bermuda, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Columbia, Cuba, Curacao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, French Guiana, Grenada, Gulf of Mexico, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Mexico (East Pacific), Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, the Cayman Islands, the Netherlands Antilles, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, USA, Venezuela, Virgin Islands, U.S., West-Atlantic Ocean 

Sea depth:

1 - 250 Meter 

Size:

27.56" - 59.06" (70cm - 150cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Coralfish of all kind, Fish (little fishes) 

Difficulty:

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

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Has a poison harmful to health 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Near threatened (NT) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Mycteroperca acutirostris
  Zackenbarsch
• 
  Mycteroperca bonaci
  Schwarzer Zackenbarsch
• Mycteroperca cidi
• 
  Mycteroperca fusca
  Makronesen-Zackenbarsch
• 
  Mycteroperca interstitialis
  Gelbmaul-Zackenbarsch
• Mycteroperca jordani
• 
  Mycteroperca microlepis
  Zackenbarsche
• 
  Mycteroperca olfax
  Segelflossen-Zackenbarsch
• 
  Mycteroperca phenax
  Zackenbarsch
• 
  Mycteroperca prionura
  Prionura-Zackenbarsch
• 
  Mycteroperca rosacea
  Leopardzackenbarsch
• 
  Mycteroperca rubra
  Gefleckter Zackenbarsch, Roter Zackenbarsch, Kammbarsch, Rote Zackenbarsch
• 
  Mycteroperca tigris
  Tiger-Zackenbarsch
• 
  Mycteroperca venenosa
  Leoparden-Zackenbarsch
• 
  Mycteroperca xenarcha
  Besenschwanz-Zackenbarsch, Mangroven-Zackenbarsch
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2012-12-01 17:08:58 

Last edit:

2012-12-01 17:08:58 

Toxicity

This is a general hint!
Mycteroperca bonaci has a harmful toxin.
As a rule, animals with a harmful poison do not pose mortal danger in normal Aquarieaner everyday life. Read the following husbandry information and comments from aquarists who already keep Mycteroperca bonaci in their aquarium to get a better picture about the possible danger. However, please be careful when using Mycteroperca bonaci. Every human reacts differently to poisons.
If you suspect that you have come into contact with the poison, please contact your doctor or the poison emergency call.
The phone number of the poison emergency call can be found here:
[overview_and_url_DE]
Overview Europe: European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxicologists

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