Macolor niger Black and white snapper

Macolor nigeris commonly referred to as Black and white snapper. Difficulty in the aquarium: suitable for large display tanks (public aquarium or zoo) only. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

2700 

AphiaID:

218501 

Scientific:

Macolor niger 

German:

Schwarzweiß-Schnapper 

English:

Black And White Snapper 

Category:

Snappers 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Lutjanidae (Family) > Macolor (Genus) > niger (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Forsskål, ), 1775 

Occurrence:

Sudan, Eritrea, Djibouti, Hong Kong, (the) Maldives, Admiralty Islands, American Samoa, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Ashmore and Cartier Islands, Australia, Bali, Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Christmas Islands, Comores, Cook Islands, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), East Africa, Egypt, Fiji, Great Barrier Reef, Guam, Gulf of Oman / Oman, India, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Lesser Sunda Islands, Macau, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Mayotte, Micronesia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nauru, New Caledonia, Northern Mariana Islands, Ogasawara Islands, Pakistan, Palau, Papua, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland (Australia), Raja Amat, Red Sea, Réunion , Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Socotra Arch, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sumatra, Taiwan, Tansania, Thailand, The Bangai Archipelago, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Cocos Islands / Keeling Islands, The Ryukyu Islands, the Seychelles, Timor, Timor Sea, Togean Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna, Western Australia, Western Indian Ocean, Yemen, Zanzibar 

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:

2 - 90 Meter 

Size:

up to 29.53" (75 cm) 

Temperature:

76.46 °F - 84.38 °F (24.7°C - 29.1°C) 

Food:

Crustaceans, Fish (little fishes), Krill, Mysis, Predatory, Schrimps 

Difficulty:

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

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Macolor macularis
  Gelbaugenschnapper
• 
  Macolor niger
  Schwarzweiß-Schnapper

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2009-01-23 20:00:08 

Last edit:

2023-07-28 13:26:07 

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