Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecología
marino; salobre demersal; oceanodromo (Ref. 51243). Subtropical
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)
Radios blandos dorsales (total): 12-13; Radios blandos anales: 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
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
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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