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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 author: Linnaeus.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
marino; acqua dolce; salmastro demersale; anadromo (Ref. 51243). Subtropical
Asia: China and Viet Nam.
Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 17.6 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 108876); common length : 10.2 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 35840); peso massimo pubblicato: 103.70 g (Ref. 108876)
Juveniles are found in brackish and fresh waters, but adults need marine conditions. Deadly poisonous to eat.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Riproduzione | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larve
Kuang, Y., 1991. Tetraodontiformes. p. 536-540. In J.-H. Pan, L. Zhong, C.-Y. Zheng, H.-L. Wu and J.-H. Liu (eds). 1991. The freshwater fishes of Guangdong Province. Guangdong Science and Technology Press, Guangzhou. 589 p. (Ref. 33425)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Poisonous to eat
Human uses
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 18.8 - 26.5, mean 24.7 °C (based on 112 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.02089 (0.01260 - 0.03464), b=3.02 (2.89 - 3.15), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.3 ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
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).