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Tetraodontidae (Puffers) > Canthigasterinae
Etymology: Canthigaster: Greek, kanthos = the outer or inner corner of the eye, where the lids meet, 1646 + Greek, gaster = stomach (Ref. 45335); punctata: Name from Latin 'punctata', referring to the many small spots at the dorsal half of the body.
Meio ambiente: milieu / Zona climática / intervalo de profundidade / faixa de distribuição
Ecologia
marinhas associadas(os) a recifes; intervalo de profundidade ? - 92 m (Ref. 138128). Tropical
Western Indian Ocean: Mascarene Submarine Ridge.
Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturidade: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 8.7 cm SL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 138128)
Descrição suscinta
Chaves de identificação | Morfologia | Morfometria
Raios dorsais (total) : 10; Raios anais : 10. This species is distinguished by the following set of characters: D 10; A 10; pectoral fin 10. Colouration: dorsal half of the body light brown when preserved in alcohol with many small dark brown spots; side of the body with an elongated horse-shoe shaped brown band; pale caudal fin with several vertical lines; upper and lower caudal fin base with a dark brown spot (Ref. 138128).
Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep; Cross section: compressed.
Most probably inhabitng coral or rocky reefs, similar to other sharpnose puffers (Ref. 138128).
Ciclo de vida ou comportamento de acasalamento
Maturidade | Reprodução | Desova | Ovos | Fecundidade | Larvas
Matsuura, K., 1992. A new sharpnose puffer, Canthigaster punctata (Teleostei: Tetraodontidae) from the Mascaren Submarine Ridge, Western Indian Ocean. Bull. of the National Sci. Mus. Ser. A (Zoology) 18(3):127-130. (Ref. 138128)
Status na Lista Vermelha da UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Ameaça para os humanos
Harmless
Uso pelos humanos
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Estimativas baseadas em modelos
Índice de diversidade filogenética (Ref. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.03631 (0.01561 - 0.08443), b=2.88 (2.69 - 3.07), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Nível Trófico (Ref. 69278) |
3.1 ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Resiliência (Ref. 120179) |
Elevada, tempo mínimo de duplicação da população menor que 15 meses (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
Vulnerabilidade da pesca (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 🛈 |