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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: introduced
Salinity: marine
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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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Main Ref: Dulčić, J., B. Dragičević, N. Antolović, Kozul, V. Sulić-Sprem and R. Grgičevic, 2014
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Common names from other countries

Ballon à bande argentée, Silvercheeked toadfish, Spotted rough-backed blowfish, ... more

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: Gmelin.

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

marino asociado a arrecife; rango de profundidad 18 - 100 m (Ref. 11441). Tropical; 40°N - 40°S, 16°E - 124°W

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

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

Length at first maturity / Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: L_m 43.3 range ? - ? cm
Max length : 110 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 125962); common length : 40.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 5450); peso máximo publicado: 9.0 kg (Ref. 125962)

Short description Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría

Espinas dorsales (total) : 0; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 10 - 13; Espinas anales: 0; Radios blandos anales: 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).

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 Maturities | Reproducción | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larva

Oviparous (Ref. 205).

Main reference Upload your references | Referencias | Coordinador : Matsuura, Keiichi | Colaboradores

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

Pesquerías: sin interés; Acuario: Comercial

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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).

Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278): 3.7 ±0.4 se; based on diet studies.

Resiliencia (Ref. 120179): Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (tmax=7; tm=3; K=0.099-0.3;).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Moderate vulnerability (40 of 100).

Lagocephalus sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789)