FB-51367 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=51367 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Gobiesociformes Gobiesocidae Alabes Alabes hoesei Springer & Fraser, 1976 Amazon-kuglefisk Assel-Kugelfisch Papagei-Süsswasserkugelfisch Amazon puffer Kimalaispallokala Pez globito Cheilichthys asellus Müller & Troschel, 1849 Chelichthys asellus Müller & Troschel, 1849 Colomesus asellus (Müller & Troschel, 1849) 1999-02-09 2006-05-04 Ortega, H. and R.P. Vari0 Annotated checklist of the freshwater fishes of Peru. Smithson. Contrib. Zool. (437):1-25. (Ref. 6329) Soares, M.G.M., R.G. Almeida and W.T. Tunk0 The trophic status of the fish fauna in Lago Camaleao, a macrophyte dominated floodplain lake in the middle Amazon. Amazoniana 9(4):511-526. (Ref. 9089) Baensch, H.A. and R. Riehl0 Aquarien Atlas, Band 5. Mergus Verlag, Melle, Germany. 1148 p. (Ref. 13614) Eschmeyer, W.N. (ed.)0 Catalog of fishes. Special Publication, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco. 3 vols. 2905 p. 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Comm. (Ref. 130676) Araujo, G.S., Y.R Kurtz, I. Sazima, P.H. Carvalho, S.R. Floeter, A. Vilasboa, M.M. Rotundo, C.E.L. Ferreira, J.P. Barreiros, D.E. Pitassy and A. Carvalho-Filho0 Evolutionary history, biogeography, and a new species of <i>Sphoeroides</i> a(Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae): how the major biogeographic barriers of the Atlantic Ocean shaped the evolution of a pufferfish genus. Zool. J. of the Linnean Soc. 199(4):978-993. (Ref. 131040) Price, S.A., S.T. Friedman, K.A. Corn, O. Larouche, K. Brockelsby, A.J. Lee, M. Nagaraj, N.G. Bertrand, M. Danao, M.C. Coyne, J.R. Estrada, R. Friedman, E. Hoeft, M. Iwan, D. Gross, J.H. Kao, B. Landry, M.J. Linares, C. McGlinn and …0 FishShapes v1: Functionally relevant measurements of teleost shape and size on three dimensions. Ecology 103(e3829):1-2. (Ref. 137577) FB-GeneralDescr-51376 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 1999-02-10 00:00:00 2013-07-15 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=51376 Found mostly in freshwater and coastal streams, but can tolerate brackish water. Sometimes kept in aquariums (Ref. 26938). Ortega, H. and R.P. Vari 1986 Annotated checklist of the freshwater fishes of Peru. Smithson. Contrib. Zool. (437):1-25. (Ref. 6329) FB-DiagnosticDescr-51376 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Grace Tolentino Pablico 2001-03-15 00:00:00 2005-01-24 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=51376 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Distinct large black spot on underside of caudal peduncle. Smith, C.L. 1997 National Audubon Society field guide to tropical marine fishes of the Caribbean, the Gulf of Mexico, Florida, the Bahamas, and Bermuda. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York. 720 p. (Ref. 26938) FB-Distribution-51376 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 1999-02-10 00:00:00 2025-11-06 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=51376 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats South America: Amazon River basin from Peru to Marajó Island, including tributaries Araguaia and Guaporé Rivers; Orinoco River basin near the mouth; Essequibo River basin. Kullander, S.O. 2003 Family Tetraodontidae (Pufferfishes). p. 670. In R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brasil. (Ref. 79673) FB-Uses-51376 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 1999-02-10 00:00:00 2013-07-15 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=51376 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat fisheries: commercial; aquarium: commercial FB-Size-51376 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 1999-02-10 00:00:00 2013-07-15 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=51376 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution 12.8 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 79673)) Kullander, S.O. 2003 Family Tetraodontidae (Pufferfishes). p. 670. In R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brasil. (Ref. 79673) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-51376 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 1999-02-10 00:00:00 2013-07-15 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=51376 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size demersal; freshwater; pH range: 5.5 - 7.2; dH range: 5 - 15