FB-7188 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=7188 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Tetraodontiformes Tetraodontidae Arothron Arothron immaculatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Swartrand-blaasop Buqmah swada al atraf Botiti Tamburauan Sortfinnet kuglefisk Blackedged blaasop Immaculate blow fish Immaculate puffer Immaculate pufferfish Narrow-lined toadfish Hekeheke Sumusumu Mangrovepallokala Kasumifugu Sujimoyo Fugu Bebo Chundu Oothunnon Veerkunnon ഓതുണൊന്  ഊത്തുനോന് ചൂണ്ട് ചുണ്ടു  വീര്ക്കുന്നോന് വേര് കുണ്ണൊന്   Buntal-pasir bersih Buntel pasir Buntal Buntal pasir Sue-va'a Botite Butete Mosi Pakpaohangdang ปักเป้าหางด่าง Bourse goemon Koli Langigidon Tikong Tungkan Wuyumbi 无斑叉鼻鲀 无斑鲀 無斑叉鼻魨 無斑魨 鐵紋叉鼻魨 铁纹叉鼻鲀 Crayracion immaculatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Dilobmycterus sordidus (Rüppell, 1829) Tetraodon aspilos Bleeker, 1851 Tetraodon immaculatus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 Tetraodon kunhardtii Bleeker, 1850 Tetraodon parvus Joannis, 1835 Tetraodon scaber Eydoux & Souleyet, 1850 Tetraodon sordidus Rüppell, 1829 Tetrodon immaculatus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 Tetrodon sordidus Rüppell, 1829 1993-01-27 2020-09-01 Breder, C.M. and D.E. 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Original author and source must be properly acknowledged http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=7188 http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Arimm_u0.jpg http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Arimm_u0.jpg FB-GeneralDescr-7188 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1993-01-27 00:00:00 2020-09-01 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=7188 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Inhabits weedy areas, often in estuaries; seagrass beds (Ref. 41878) and mangrove areas in 1-1.5 m. Solitary (Ref. 90102). Specimens caught by trawling over silty bottoms in 17 m. (Ref. 9137). Randall, J.E. 1985 On the validity of the tetraodontid fish <i>Arothron manilensis</i> (Procé). Jap. J. Ichthyol. 32(3):347-354. (Ref. 5170) FB-DiagnosticDescr-7188 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 1995-09-25 00:00:00 2013-05-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=7188 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Body covered with prickles (Ref. 559). Dark bars on side of head and below pectoral fins; juvenile specimens from the Pacific with longitudinal dark stripes on belly (Ref. 4919).Description: Characterized further by pale grey to brown body color, grading to white on ventral surface; pectoral fin base surrounded by large yellowish-brown to nearly black spot; black-edged yellow tail; sometimes with mottled pattern; short and obtuse snout, 2.2-2.4 in head length; bony interorbital width 2.6-3.1 in head length; rounded caudal fin, length about 2.6-3.6 in SL (Ref. 90102). Smith, M.M. and P.C. Heemstra 1986 Tetraodontidae. p. 894-903. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 4919) FB-Morphology-7188 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 1995-09-25 00:00:00 2013-05-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ FAO General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=7188 Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9 - 11; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 9 - 17 Smith, M.M. and P.C. Heemstra 1986 Tetraodontidae. p. 894-903. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 4919) FB-Distribution-7188 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1993-01-27 00:00:00 2025-11-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=7188 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#DiagnosticDescription Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa (including the south coast of South Africa, Ref. 4919) to Indonesia, north to southern Japan. Randall, J.E. 1985 On the validity of the tetraodontid fish <i>Arothron manilensis</i> (Procé). Jap. J. Ichthyol. 32(3):347-354. (Ref. 5170) FB-Uses-7188 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1993-01-27 00:00:00 2020-09-01 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=7188 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Morphology fisheries: minor commercial; aquarium: public aquariums; price category: very high; price reliability: very questionable: based on ex-vessel price for species in this family Newman, L. 1995 Census of fish at the Vancouver aquarium, 1994. Unpublished manuscript. (Ref. 9183) FB-LifeCycle-7188 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1993-01-27 00:00:00 2020-09-01 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org//Reproduction/FishReproSummary.php?ID=7188&StockCode=7300 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Oviparous (Ref. 205). Breder, C.M. and D.E. Rosen 1966 Modes of reproduction in fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. 941 p. (Ref. 205) FB-TrophicStrategy-7188 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Grace Tolentino Pablico 2004-04-23 00:00:00 2024-02-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public immaculatus http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Uses Inhabits weedy areas, often in estuaries; seagrass beds (Ref. 41878) and mangrove areas in 1-1.5 m. Specimens caught by trawling over silty bottoms in 17 m. (Ref. 9137). Dwells in lagoons and coral reefs. Lays demersal eggs. Feeds on benthic invertebrates, crabs, shrimp and bivalves (Ref. 9773). Masuda, H. and G.R. Allen 1993 Meeresfische der Welt - Groß-Indopazifische Region. Tetra Verlag, Herrenteich, Melle. 528 p. (Ref. 9137) FB-Size-7188 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1993-01-27 00:00:00 2020-09-01 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=7188 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#TrophicStrategy 37.5 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 116289)); max. published weight: 775 g (Ref. 116289) Padmavathi, P., K. Sujatha and V.A.I. Deepti 2017 Studies on length groups and length-weight relationship of puffer fishes (Pisces: Tetraodontidae) in the catches off Visakhapatnam, India. Indian J. Mar. Scie. 46(5):972-981. (Ref. 116289) Padmavathi, P., K. Sujatha and V.A.I. Deepti 2017 Studies on length groups and length-weight relationship of puffer fishes (Pisces: Tetraodontidae) in the catches off Visakhapatnam, India. Indian J. Mar. Scie. 46(5):972-981. (Ref. 116289) 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#Size 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-7188 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1993-01-27 00:00:00 2020-09-01 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=7188 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats reef-associated; brackish; marine; depth range 3 - 30 m (Ref. 90102) Allen, G.R. and M.V. Erdmann 2012 Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth, Australia: Universitiy of Hawai'i Press, Volumes I-III. Tropical Reef Research. (Ref. 90102)