Aprion virescens Green jobfish

Aprion virescensis commonly referred to as Green jobfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Has a poison harmful to health.

Profile

lexID:

3730 

AphiaID:

212546 

Scientific:

Aprion virescens 

German:

Schnapper 

English:

Green Jobfish 

Category:

Snappers 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Lutjanidae (Family) > Aprion (Genus) > virescens (Species) 

Initial determination:

Valenciennes, 1830 

Occurrence:

Sudan, Vereinigte Arabische Emirate, Hong Kong, Eritrea, Djibouti, (the) Maldives, Admiralty Islands, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Christmas Islands, Comores, Cook Islands, East Africa, Egypt, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Gulf of Oman / Oman, Hawaii, India, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Irak, Iran, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Lord Howe Island, Madagascar, Marquesas Islands, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Micronesia, Mozambique, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Northern Mariana Islands, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Réunion , Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South-Africa, Sri Lanka, Sumatra, Tahiti, Taiwan, Tansania, Thailand, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Cocos Islands / Keeling Islands, the Seychelles, Timor, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuamoto Islands, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna, Yemen 

Size:

up to 44.09" (112 cm) 

Temperature:

73.4 °F - 78.8 °F (23°C - 26°C) 

Food:

Clams, Crabs, Crustaceans, Fish (little fishes), Frozen Food (large sort), Schrimps, Sepia, Shrimps 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Has a poison harmful to health 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

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  Aprion virescens
  Schnapper

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2011-05-28 09:01:28 

Last edit:

2011-05-28 09:01:28 

Toxicity

This is a general hint!
Aprion virescens 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 Aprion virescens in their aquarium to get a better picture about the possible danger. However, please be careful when using Aprion virescens. 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:
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Overview Worldwide: eapcct.org

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