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Teleostei (teleosts) > Tetraodontiformes (Puffers and filefishes) > Tetraodontidae (Puffers) > Tetraodontinae
Etymology: More on author: Day.

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

Marine; brackish; demersal. Tropical

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Indian Ocean: India and Myanmar.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 11.2 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 126647)

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 11 - 12; Anal soft rays: 8 - 9; Vertebrae: 20. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: dorsal surface of body with spinules from interorbital region to just dorsal, to midpoint between pectoral-fn and dorsal-fin origins; nasal organ has two divided flat skin flaps, almost equal in size. Colouration: dorsal half of body greenish brown with many small white spots; dorsal side of head and body with three crossing dark brown bars, the first on interorbital region, second just dorsal to gill opening, while the third around dorsal-fin base; ventral surface of the body white; iris is light yellow; dorsal, anal and pectoral fins are dusky, while caudal fin is dark brown with several rows of vertical white spots (Ref. 126647).

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Oviparous (Ref. 205).

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Psomadakis, P.N., K. Matsuura and H. Thein, 2018. Chelonodontops alvheimi, a new species of pufferfish (Actinopterygii: Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae) from the Indian Ocean, with redescription of the rare pufferfish Chelonodontops leopardus (Day 1878). Ichthyol. Res. 66(1):49-56. (Ref. 126647)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 07 June 2011

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.02570 (0.01193 - 0.05536), b=2.88 (2.71 - 3.05), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.3 ±0.2 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Resilience (Ref. 120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

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

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