FB-8307 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=8307 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Tetraodontiformes Tetraodontidae Torquigener Torquigener hypselogeneion (Bleeker, 1852) Dwerg blaasop Grønøjet kuglefisk Cheek-barred toadfish Darkstriped puffer Dwarf blaasop Dwarf blowfish Orange-spotted toadfish Shippôfugu Chundina-kunhi ചുണ്ടിന കുഞ്ഞി ചുണ്ടിന കുഞി  Buntal-kodok jingga Buntal Sue-mimi Sue-mo'o Koli 头纹宽吻鲀 头纹窄额鲀 宽吻鲀 寬吻魨 棕斑宽吻鲀 棕斑寬吻魨 頭紋寬吻魨 頭紋窄額魨 Amblyrhinchotes hypselogeneion (Bleeker, 1852) Amblyrhynchotes hypselogeneion (Bleeker, 1852) Amblyrhynchotes hypselogenion (Bleeker, 1852) Amblyrhynchotes hypselogenion rufopunctatus Li, 1962 Amblyrhynchotes rufopunctatus Li, 1962 Amblyrhynchotus rufopunctatus Li, 1962 Spheroides hypselogeneion (Bleeker, 1852) Sphoeroides hypseiogeneion (Bleeker, 1852) Sphoeroides hypselogenecon (Bleeker, 1852) Sphoeroides hypselogeneion (Bleeker, 1852) Tetraodon hypselogeneion Bleeker, 1852 Tetrodon hypselogeneion Bleeker, 1852 Torquigener hypselogenion (Bleeker, 1852) Uranostoma guttata Bleeker, 1865 1993-08-23 2024-07-26 Herre, A.W.C.T.0 Check list of Philippine fishes. 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(Ref. 137577) FB-GeneralDescr-8307 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1993-08-23 00:00:00 2024-07-26 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=8307 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Inhabits small loose groups on shallow coastal sand flats and in estuaries. Often sleeps during the day by burrying itself under the sand with just eyes exposed (Ref. 48637, 127964). Heemstra, P.C., E. Heemstra, D.A. Ebert, W. Holleman and J.E. Randall (eds.) 2022 Coastal fishes of the Western Indian Ocean Vol. 5. South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, a National Research Facility of the National Research Foundation (NRF-SAIAB), 632 p. (Ref. 127964) FB-DiagnosticDescr-8307 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-07-26 00:00:00 2024-07-26 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=8307 This species is distinguished by the following: with spinules between nasal organs and dorsal finorigin; upper body with dark brown reticulations; distinctive solid dark brown band from above the pectoral-fin bases to caudal-fin base; many small dark brown spots on the cheek forming broadvertical bands separated by irregular narrow white bands; belly white (Ref. 127964). Heemstra, P.C., E. Heemstra, D.A. Ebert, W. Holleman and J.E. Randall (eds.) 2022 Coastal fishes of the Western Indian Ocean Vol. 5. South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, a National Research Facility of the National Research Foundation (NRF-SAIAB), 632 p. (Ref. 127964) FB-Morphology-8307 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-07-26 00:00:00 2024-07-26 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=8307 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Dorsal soft rays (total): 8 - 9; Analsoft rays: 7 - 8 Heemstra, P.C., E. Heemstra, D.A. Ebert, W. Holleman and J.E. Randall (eds.) 2022 Coastal fishes of the Western Indian Ocean Vol. 5. South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, a National Research Facility of the National Research Foundation (NRF-SAIAB), 632 p. (Ref. 127964) FB-Distribution-8307 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1993-08-23 00:00:00 2024-07-26 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=8307 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Indo-Pacific: South Africa (Knysna), Mozambique, Tanzania and Madagascar; elsewhere to Indonesia, Japan (Ryukyu Is.) and Samoa. Heemstra, P.C., E. Heemstra, D.A. Ebert, W. Holleman and J.E. Randall (eds.) 2022 Coastal fishes of the Western Indian Ocean Vol. 5. South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, a National Research Facility of the National Research Foundation (NRF-SAIAB), 632 p. (Ref. 127964) FB-Uses-8307 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1993-08-23 00:00:00 2024-07-26 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=8307 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat fisheries: of no interest FB-Size-8307 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1993-08-23 00:00:00 2024-07-26 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=8307 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#DiagnosticDescription 13.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 116289)); max. published weight: 46.0 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#Morphology 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-8307 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1993-08-23 00:00:00 2024-07-26 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=8307 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution demersal; brackish; marine; depth range 18 - 22 m (Ref. 26165) Weitkamp, D.E. and R.D. Sullivan 2003 Gas bubble disease in resident fish of the lower Clark Fork River. Trans. Am. Fish. Soc. 132(5):865-876. (Ref. 26165)