Takifugu obscurus, Obscure pufferfish : fisheries, aquaculture

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Takifugu obscurus (Abe, 1949)

Obscure pufferfish
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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.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / rango de profundidad / distribution range Ecología

marino; agua dulce; salobre demersal; anadromo (Ref. 58920). Subtropical

Distribución Países | Áreas FAO | Ecosistemas | Ocurrencias, apariciones | Mapa de puntos | Introducciones | Faunafri

Western Pacific: East China Sea and the South China Sea. Found in rivers in China and the Korean Peninsula.

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 40.0 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 559)

Short description Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría

Espinas dorsales (total) : 0; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 15 - 19; Espinas anales: 0; Radios blandos anales: 13 - 16. Body covered with prickles. A large black blotch on side beneath pectoral fin and on base of dorsal fin (Ref. 559).
Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep.

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Euryhaline species (Ref. 58920). Adults migrate to freshwater to spawn (Ref. 58920).

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

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: Version 2025-1)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 16 July 2014

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Poisonous to eat (Ref. 559)





Human uses

Pesquerías: comercial; Acuicultura: comercial
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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Referencia 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.02239 (0.00933 - 0.05373), b=2.90 (2.72 - 3.08), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia 69278):  3.4   ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliencia (Referencia 120179):  Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate vulnerability (39 of 100). 🛈
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Very high.