Pareques umbrosus Cubbyu

Pareques umbrosus is commonly referred to as Cubbyu. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not for beginners. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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AphiaID:: 282143

Scientific:: Pareques umbrosus
German:: Umberfisch
English:: Cubbyu

Category:: Croaker

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Sciaenidae (Family) > Pareques (Genus) > umbrosus (Species)
Initial determination:: (Jordan & Eigenmann, ), 1889

Occurrence:: Suriname, Aruba, Bermuda, Columbia, Cuba, Curacao, Florida, French Guiana, Gulf of Mexico, Trinidad and Tobago, USA, Venezuela
Sea depth:: 5 - 91 Meter
Size:: 5.91" - 9.84" (15cm - 25cm)
Temperature:: 11,4 °F - 27,5 °F (11,4°C - 27,5°C)
Food:: Crustaceans, Fish (little fishes), Krill, Mysis, Schrimps, Worms, Zoobenthos
Difficulty:: Not for beginners
Offspring:: Possible to breed
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Least concern (LC)

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:: 2016-04-06 10:32:58
Last edit:: 2017-04-24 12:05:32

Captive breeding / propagation

The offspring of Pareques umbrosus are possible. Unfortunately, the number of offspring is not large enough to cover the demand of the trade. If you are interested in Pareques umbrosus, please ask your dealer for offspring. If you already own Pareques umbrosus, try breeding yourself. This will help to improve the availability of offspring in the trade and to conserve natural stocks.

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(Jordan & Eigenmann, 1889)

Synonyms:
Eques acuminatus umbrosus Jordan & Eigenmann, 1889
Equetus umbrosus (Jordan & Eigenmann, 1889)

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopteri (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Percoidei (Suborder) > Sciaenidae (Family) > Pareques (Genus) > Pareques umbrosus (Species)

External links

Encyclodedia of Life (EOL) (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Smithonian Tropical Research Institute (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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