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Common names: Brownback toadfish, Brown-backed toadfish, Half-smooth golden pufferfish
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Recorded from Western Australia (Ref. 49596).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/as.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.csiro.au/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Hutchins, J.B., 2003
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Tétraodon-lièvre doré, Chinese blaasop, Tétraodon-lièvre doré, ... more

Classificação / Names Nomes comuns | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Espécies) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Tetraodontiformes (Puffers and filefishes) > Tetraodontidae (Puffers) > Tetraodontinae
Etymology: Lagocephalus: Greek, lagos = hare + Greek, kephale = head (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Richardson.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia

marinhas; estuarina demersal; oceanódromo (Ref. 51243). Subtropical

Distribuição Países | Áreas FAO | Ecossistemas | Ocorrências | Point map | Introduções | Faunafri

Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea, South Africa, Australia. Introduced (Lessepsian) in eastern Mediterranean, Israel, Lebanon, Iskenderun, Mersin, Aegean Sea.

Tamanho / Peso / Idade

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 37.4 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 96317); 43.1 cm TL (female); common length : 25.0 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 5450); peso máx. Publicado: 1.1 kg (Ref. 127374)

Descrição breve Chaves de identificação | Morfologia | Morfometria

Raios dorsais moles (total) : 12 - 13; Raios anais moles: 10 - 12.

Essentially an inhabitant of marine waters, but enters the mouths of rivers (Ref. 4833). Several organs are very toxic, potentially lethal to humans (Ref. 43448).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Reprodução | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvas

Oviparous (Ref. 205).

Referência principal Upload your references | Referências | Coordenador : Matsuura, Keiichi | Colaboradores

Tortonese, E., 1979. Tetraodontidae. p. 645-646. In J.C. Hureau and Th. Monod (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the north-eastern Atlantic and of the Mediterranean (CLOFNAM). UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 1. (Ref. 2730)

Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435)

Preocupação menor (LC) ; Date assessed: 08 June 2011

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)