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Tetraodontidae (Puffers) > Tetraodontinae
Etymology: Sphoeroides: Greek, sphaira = ball + Greek, suffix, oides = similar to (Ref. 45335).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
البيئة
بحري القاع; نطاق العمق 18 - 100 m (Ref. 53033), usually 18 - 100 m (Ref. 36453). Subtropical; 37°N - 34°S, 84°W - 34°W
Western Central Atlantic: Throughout the area, from North Carolina, USA to Suriname.
الحجم / وزن / العمر
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 20.0 cm TL ذكر/ مختلط الجنس; (Ref. 7251); common length : 18.0 cm TL ذكر/ مختلط الجنس; (Ref. 47377)
الأشواك الظهرية (المجموع) : 0; الأشعة الظهرية الناعمة (المجموع) : 8; شوكة شرجية: 0; أشعه شرجية لينه: 7.
Found over soft bottoms.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | التكاثر | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvae
Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray, 1986. A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p. (Ref. 7251)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
استخدامات بشرية
مصائد: تجاري
أدوات
تقارير خاصة
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مصادر علي الأنترنت
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 19.7 - 27.9, mean 25.6 °C (based on 394 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.02291 (0.01026 - 0.05115), b=2.89 (2.72 - 3.06), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
مستوى غذائي (Ref.
69278): 3.4 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
المرونه (Ref.
120179): عالي, الحد الزمني الأدني لتضاعف عدد أفراد المجتمع أقل من 15 شهر (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
