FB-5196 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5196 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Tetraodontiformes Diodontidae Cyclichthys Cyclichthys orbicularis (Bloch, 1785) Kharposht-mahi-e-Lab-menghari Voëlbek-klitsvis Buqmah hajar Fuqul Mosi Butete Butiti Tagotong Næbpindsvinefisk Ballonfish Birdbeak burrfish Fixed spine porcupinefish Orbicular burrfish Orbicular Burrfish Porcupinefish Rounded porcupinefish Spiny blaasop Nokk-ümarkala Ümar-kakshammas Porc-épic bécard Porc-épine bécard Botiti Tagutongan Meita Ishigakifugu Buntal-landak paruh burung Buntal landak шар-рыба Qaruumbo-maanyo Bunju Bunju nungu Boteting taut Botiting laot Buktit Buteteng laot Puercoespin pajarito Duto Duyan-duyan Karatungan Lukkoh itingan Lukoh Otit Tagutungan 刺规 圆点短刺鲀 圓點短刺魨 气瓜仔 短棘圆刺鲀 短棘圓刺魨 Atinga orbicularis coeruleus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) Chilomycterus orbicularis (Bloch, 1785) Chilomycterus parcomaculatus von Bonde, 1923 Diodon caeruleus Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 Diodon orbicularis Bloch, 1785 1992-03-12 2007-10-18 Breder, C.M. and D.E. 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Original author and source must be properly acknowledged WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5196 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Uses http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Cyorb_u4.jpg http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Cyorb_u4.jpg Locality: Dumaguete, Negros, Philippines. FB-pic-5196-8591 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/jpeg John E. Randall 1996-02-15 2000-04-27 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. Image can be freely copied and altered but may be used only for non-commercial purposes. Original author and source must be properly acknowledged WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5196 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#TrophicStrategy http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Cyorb_u5.jpg http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Cyorb_u5.jpg Locality: Jana Island, Persian Gulf, Saudi Arabia. FB-pic-5196-8592 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/jpeg John E. Randall 1996-02-15 2000-07-13 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. Image can be freely copied and altered but may be used only for non-commercial purposes. Original author and source must be properly acknowledged WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5196 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Cyorb_u6.jpg http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Cyorb_u6.jpg Locality: Jana Island, Persian Gulf, Saudi Arabia. FB-pic-5196-11594 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/gif FAO 1996-07-29 1996-07-29 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. Image can be freely copied and altered but may be used only for non-commercial purposes. Original author and source must be properly acknowledged WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5196 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Cyorb_u1.gif http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/gif/tn_Cyorb_u1.gif FB-GeneralDescr-5196 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1992-03-12 00:00:00 2007-10-18 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5196 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Inhabit clear protected reefs with sponge and algal habitats. Often in large sponges during the day (Ref. 48637). Usually over sand and mud bottoms to at least 170 m (Ref. 30573). Occasionally on reefs (Ref. 9680). Active at night, feeding among reefs (Ref. 48637). A nocturnal species (Ref. 9710) that presumably feeds on hard-shelled invertebrates (Ref. 9680, 48637). Randall, J.E., G.R. Allen and R.C. Steene 1990 Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 506 p. (Ref. 2334) FB-DiagnosticDescr-5196 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 1997-03-04 00:00:00 2013-05-08 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5196 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Adults brown to grey with blotches and clusters of black spots on back and sides; pelagic juveniles covered with black spots (Ref. 4423).Description: Characterized by having scattered, moderately long, immovable spines on head and body, non wholly on caudal peduncle; short tube with two openings, nostril opening (Ref. 90102). Leis, J.M. 1986 Diodontidae. p. 903-907. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 4423) FB-Morphology-5196 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 1997-03-04 00:00:00 2013-05-08 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5196 Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11 - 13; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 10 - 12 Leis, J.M. 1986 Diodontidae. p. 903-907. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 4423) FB-Distribution-5196 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1992-03-12 00:00:00 2024-07-16 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5196 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#LifeCycle Southeast Atlantic: south coast of South Africa (Ref. 4423). Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa to the Philippines, north to southern Japan, south to Australia and New Caledonia (Ref. 9680). Randall, J.E., G.R. Allen and R.C. Steene 1990 Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 506 p. (Ref. 2334) FB-Uses-5196 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1992-03-12 00:00:00 2007-10-18 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=5196 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size fisheries: subsistence fisheries; gamefish: yes Leis, J.M. 1984 Diodontidae. In W. Fischer and G. Bianchi (eds.) FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Western Indian Ocean fishing area 51. Vol. 2. (Ref. 3393) FB-TrophicStrategy-5196 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Drina Sta. Iglesia 2000-11-10 00:00:00 2007-10-18 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public orbicularis http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Usually over sand and mud bottoms to at least 170 m (Ref. 30573). Occasionally on reefs (Ref. 9680). A nocturnal species (Ref. 9710) that presumably feeds on hard-shelled invertebrates (Ref. 2334). Randall, J.E., G.R. Allen and R.C. Steene 1990 Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 506 p. (Ref. 2334) FB-Size-5196 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1992-03-12 00:00:00 2007-10-18 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=5196 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat 30.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 9710)) Lieske, E. and R. Myers 1994 Collins Pocket Guide. Coral reef fishes. Indo-Pacific & Caribbean including the Red Sea. Haper Collins Publishers, 400 p. (Ref. 9710) 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/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution 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-5196 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1992-03-12 00:00:00 2007-10-18 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5196 reef-associated; marine; depth range 9 - 170 m (Ref. 30573) Sommer, C., W. Schneider and J.-M. Poutiers 1996 FAO species identification field guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of Somalia. FAO, Rome. 376 p. (Ref. 30573)