Pareques viola Gungo highhat

Pareques viola is commonly referred to as Gungo highhat. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not for beginners. A aquarium size of at least 800 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

6546 

AphiaID:

282144 

Scientific:

Pareques viola 

German:

Ritterfisch 

English:

Gungo Highhat 

Category:

Croaker  

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Sciaenidae (Family) > Pareques (Genus) > viola (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Gilbert, ), 1898 

Occurrence:

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

Size:

up to 9.84" (25 cm) 

Temperature:

75.2 °F - 80.6 °F (24°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Brine Shrimps, Living Food, Lobster eggs, Mysis 

Tank:

175.98 gal (~ 800L)  

Difficulty:

Not for beginners 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Pareques acuminatus
  Streifen-Ritterfisch
• Pareques fuscovittatus
• 
  Pareques iwamotoi
  Umberfisch
• Pareques lanfeari
• Pareques perissa
• 
  Pareques umbrosus
  Umberfisch
• 
  Pareques viola
  Ritterfisch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-12-29 09:50:27 

Last edit:

2013-12-29 09:50:27 

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