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Lagocephalus sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789)

Silver-cheeked toadfish
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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: introduced
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
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Aquaculture: | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Lessepsian migrant, first specimen (sexually mature female 66.3 cm TL, 3531 g) caught in October 2012 on the northern side of Jakljan I.,southern Adriatic Sea. The second specimen (49.2 cm TL, 1422 g) was collected from Tribunj (middle eastern Adriatic) last 17 March 2013 (Ref. 96695).
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Dulčić, J., B. Dragičević, N. Antolović, Kozul, V. Sulić-Sprem and R. Grgičevic, 2014
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Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | Catalog of Fishes(Släkte, Arter) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

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

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

marina revassocierade; djupintervall 18 - 100 m (Ref. 11441).   Tropical; 40°N - 40°S, 16°E - 124°W

Utbredning Länder | FAO områden | Ekosystem | Förekomster | Point map | Utplanteringar | Faunafri

Indo-West Pacific (Ref. 4919). Lessepsian migrant to the Mediterranean Sea (Ref. 55043).

Length at first maturity / Size / Vikt / Age

Maturity: Lm 43.3  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 110 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 125962); common length : 40.0 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 5450); publicerad maxvikt: 9.0 kg (Ref. 125962)

Short description Morfologi | Morfometri

Taggstrålar i ryggfenan (totalt): 0; Mjukstrålar i ryggfenan (totalt): 10-13; Taggstrålar i analfenan 0; Mjukstrålar i analfenan: 8 - 12. Greenish with brown or black spots above; silver band from mouth to caudal fin; belly white; silver blotch in front of eye; pectoral base black (Ref. 4919).

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

Inhabits offshore reefs (Ref. 9563). Sandy bottom (Ref. 95646). Caught by trammel net (Ref. 96695). This species contains tetrodotoxin which may be a source for food poisoning and the Israel Poison Information center registered 13 cases in December 2008 where all were related to the consumption of this fish (Ref. 118670).

Life cycle and mating behavior Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | Ägg | Fecundity | Larver

Oviparous (Ref. 205).

Main reference Upload your references | referenser | Koordinator : Matsuura, Keiichi | Medarbetare

Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino, 1984. The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Vol. 1. Tokai University Press, Tokyo, Japan. 437 p. (text). (Ref. 559)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 08 June 2011

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Poisonous to eat (Ref. 559)




Human uses

Fiskeri: saknar intresse; Akvarium: Kommersiell
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 21.6 - 28.6, mean 27.3 (based on 762 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5005   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01349 (0.01114 - 0.01633), b=2.87 (2.81 - 2.93), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).
Trofisk nivå (Ref. 69278):  3.7   ±0.4 se; based on diet studies.
Resiliens (Ref. 120179):  Mellan, lägsta populationsfördubblingstid 1,4-4,4 år (tmax=7; tm=3; K=0.099-0.3;).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate vulnerability (40 of 100).