FB-4296 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4296 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Tetraodontiformes Tetraodontidae Sphoeroides Sphoeroides pachygaster (Müller & Troschel, 1848) Baiacu Peixe balão Peixe-bola-liso Peixe-sapo Sapo do alto Stompkop-blaasop Barbados-kuglefisk Glatter Kugelfisch Kugelfisch Balloonfish Blunthead blaasop Blunthead puffer Bottlefish Puffer Smooth pufferfish Compère émoussé Tétrodon à tête carrée Četverozupka Kuglakož Pesce palla Yoritofugu 불룩복 Buntal Buntal tikus Balon balığı Botete chato Tamboril de fuera Tamboril ñato Bola Titeve hue hue 圆鲀 圓魨 密沟圆鲀 密溝圓魨 澳洲密沟鲀 澳洲密溝魨 皮質密溝魨 皮质密沟鲀 Liosaccus aerobaticus Whitley, 1928 Liosaccus cutaneus (Günther, 1870) Liosaccus pachygaster (Müller & Troschel, 1848) Sphaeroides cutaneus (Günther, 1870) Spheroides dubius von Bonde, 1923 Sphoeroides cutaneous (Günther, 1870) Sphoeroides cutaneus (Günther, 1870) Sphoeroides dubius von Bonde, 1923 Sphoeroides pachgaster (Müller & Troschel, 1848) Tetraodon pachygaster Müller & Troschel, 1848 Tetrodon cutaneus Günther, 1870 Tetrodon pachygaster Müller & Troschel, 1848 Thecapteryx lioderma Fowler, 1948 1991-05-02 2024-01-23 Robins, C.R., R.M. 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Image can be freely copied and altered but may be used only for non-commercial purposes. Original author and source must be properly acknowledged WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4296 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Sppac_u1.gif http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/gif/tn_Sppac_u1.gif FB-pic-4296-51375 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/jpeg Brandi Noble 2009-07-22 2009-07-30 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Image can be freely copied and altered, as long as original author and source are properly acknowledged. John E. Randall General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4296 http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Sppac_u3.jpg http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Sppac_u3.jpg FB-GeneralDescr-4296 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1991-05-02 00:00:00 2024-01-23 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ John E. Randall General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4296 Inhabit sandy, muddy and rocky bottoms (Ref. 2683). Young are pelagic (Ref. 7251). Feed mainly on squid. In southeast Brazil captured between 50 and 145 m (Ref. 47377). Schneider, W. 1990 FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Field guide to the commercial marine resources of the Gulf of Guinea. Prepared and published with the support of the FAO Regional Office for Africa. Rome: FAO. 268 p. (Ref. 2683) FB-DiagnosticDescr-4296 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 1997-03-04 00:00:00 2017-09-01 21:26:28 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4296 Body without prickles (Ref. 559). Brownish above, white below; occasionally with dark spots on flanks (Ref. 4919). Tip of or all lower ray of the caudal white. Smith, M.M. and P.C. Heemstra 1986 Tetraodontidae. p. 894-903. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 4919) FB-Morphology-4296 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 1997-03-04 00:00:00 2017-09-01 21:26:28 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4296 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Morphology Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7 - 9; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 8 - 9 Smith, M.M. and P.C. Heemstra 1986 Tetraodontidae. p. 894-903. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 4919) FB-Distribution-4296 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1991-05-02 00:00:00 2025-11-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4296 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Circumglobal in tropical and temperate seas. Shipp, R.L. 1990 Tetraodontidae. p. 1069-1072. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 7464) FB-Uses-4296 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1991-05-02 00:00:00 2024-01-23 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4296 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Uses fisheries: commercial Schneider, W. 1990 FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Field guide to the commercial marine resources of the Gulf of Guinea. Prepared and published with the support of the FAO Regional Office for Africa. Rome: FAO. 268 p. (Ref. 2683) FB-TrophicStrategy-4296 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Drina Sta. Iglesia 2000-11-06 00:00:00 2023-01-12 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public pachygaster http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#LifeCycle Oviparous. Dwells in benthic muddy, sandy and rocky substrates (Ref. 127989). Young are pelagic (Ref. 7251). Feeds mainly on squid. Schneider, W. 1990 FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Field guide to the commercial marine resources of the Gulf of Guinea. Prepared and published with the support of the FAO Regional Office for Africa. Rome: FAO. 268 p. (Ref. 2683) FB-Size-4296 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1991-05-02 00:00:00 2024-01-23 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4296 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size 40.5 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 26350)) Ragonese, S., P. Jereb and U. Morara 1997 Morphometric relationships of <i>Sphoeroides pachygaster</i> (Pisces - Tetraodontidae) of the Strait of Sicily (Mediterranean Sea). Cah. Biol. Mar. 38:283-289. (Ref. 26350) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-4296 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1991-05-02 00:00:00 2024-01-23 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4296 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat benthopelagic; marine; depth range 50 - 480 m (Ref. 33352), usually 50 - 250 m (Ref. 10985) Matsuura, K. and J.C. Tyler 1997 Tetraodontiform fishes, mostly from deep waters, of New Caledonia. p.173-208. In B. Séret (ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, vol. 17. no.9. Mem. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 174. (Ref. 33352) Ragonese, S., G. Rivas and P. Jereb 1992 Spreading of puffer <i>Sphoeroides cutaneus</i> Günther, 1870 (Pisces, Tetraodontidae) in the Sicilian Channel. Is it an exploding population?. Rapp. Comm. Int. Mer Méditerr. 33:308. (Ref. 10985)