Lagocephalus spadiceus, Half-smooth golden pufferfish

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Lagocephalus spadiceus (Richardson, 1845)

Half-smooth golden pufferfish
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Classification / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Especie) | 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 Ecología

marino; salobre demersal; oceanodromo (Ref. 51243). Subtropical

Distribución Países | Áreas FAO | Ecosistemas | Ocurrencias, apariciones | Point map | Introducciones | Faunafri

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

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 37.4 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 96317); 43.1 cm TL (female); common length : 25.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 5450); peso máximo publicado: 1.1 kg (Ref. 127374)

Short description Morfología | Morfometría

Radios blandos dorsales (total): 12-13; Radios blandos anales: 10 - 12

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

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 Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

Oviparous (Ref. 205).

Main reference Upload your references | Referencias | Coordinador : 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)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)


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