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Common names: Kusafugu, クサフグ
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
Abundance: scarce (very unlikely) | Ref: Sokolovskaya, T.G., A.S. Sokolovskii and E.I. Sobolevskii, 1998
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Occurs along the coast, from the Aomori to the Okinawa Prefectures (Ref. 559), including Shirahama (Ref. 37690). Also Ref. 9137, 27683. Status of threat: Threatened populations of Okinawa Island (LP) (Ref. 94887).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ja.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.maff.go.jp/eindex.html
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino, 1984
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Common names from other countries

Grass puffer, 복섬, 星点多纪鲀, ... more

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> Tetraodontiformes (Puffers and filefishes) > Tetraodontidae (Puffers) > Tetraodontinae
Etymology: Takifugu: A Japanese word with several meanings; taki = waterfall + fugu = fish; it could be also understood as taki = to be cooked in liquid + fugu = a venomous fish.
More on authors: Jordan & Snyder.

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

marino demersale. Temperate

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Northwest Pacific: Japan and southern Korea to Vietnam (Ref. 46893).

Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 15.9 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 125279); peso massimo pubblicato: 83.30 g (Ref. 125279)

During high tide, mature individuals swim ashore in large numbers and spawn on beaches. Eggs are left partially buried in sand and rubble (Ref. 240).

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During high tide, mature individuals swim ashore in large numbers and spawn on beaches. Females spawn on the surface with two or more males biting and hanging on to the ventral surface of each female. Eggs are left partially buried in sand and rubble (Ref. 240).

Main reference Upload your references | Bibliografia | Coordinatore : Matsuura, Keiichi | Collaboratori

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: 10 June 2011

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Poisonous to eat (Ref. 9137)

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 17.1 - 26.6, mean 23.6 (based on 116 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01862 (0.01461 - 0.02373), b=2.91 (2.84 - 2.98), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.3 ±0.44 se; based on food items.

Resilienza (Ref. 120179): Alto, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione meno di 15 mesi (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

Takifugu niphobles (Jordan & Snyder, 1901)