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Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, University of British Columbia, Vancouver. (Ref. 132372) FB-pic-14163-5496 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/gif FAO 1995-08-17 1996-04-06 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=14163 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Gufor_u0.gif http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/gif/tn_Gufor_u0.gif FB-GeneralDescr-14163 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 1995-07-20 00:00:00 2013-07-15 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=14163 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Coastal species found on soft bottom (Ref. 9349). Carnivorous. Bussing, W.A. 1995 Tetraodontidae. Tamboriles, tamborines, botetes, peces globo, corrotuchos. p. 1629-1637. In W. Fischer, F. Krupp, W. Schneider, C. Sommer, K.E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds.) Guia FAO para Identification de Especies para lo Fines de la Pesca. Pacifico Centro-Oriental. 3 Vols. FAO, Rome. (Ref. 9349) FB-Distribution-14163 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 1995-07-20 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=14163 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Eastern Central Pacific: Costa Rica to Ecuador. Bussing, W.A. 1995 Tetraodontidae. Tamboriles, tamborines, botetes, peces globo, corrotuchos. p. 1629-1637. In W. Fischer, F. Krupp, W. Schneider, C. Sommer, K.E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds.) Guia FAO para Identification de Especies para lo Fines de la Pesca. Pacifico Centro-Oriental. 3 Vols. FAO, Rome. (Ref. 9349) FB-TrophicStrategy-14163 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Grace Tolentino Pablico 2008-05-21 00:00:00 2008-05-21 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ formosa Coastal species found on soft bottom (Ref. 9349). Carnivorous (Ref 9349). Gut contents of this fish consisted almost entirely of crushed barnacles and small oysters, suggesting that it prefers foraging on submerged mangrove prop roots and rocks (Ref. 75737). Scot Duncan, R. and W.A. Szelistowski 1998 Influence of puffer predation on vertical distribution of mangrove littorinids in the Gulf of Nicoya, Costa Rica. Oecologia 117:433-442. (Ref. 75737) FB-Size-14163 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 1995-07-20 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=14163 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#LifeCycle 26.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 9349)) Bussing, W.A. 1995 Tetraodontidae. Tamboriles, tamborines, botetes, peces globo, corrotuchos. p. 1629-1637. In W. Fischer, F. Krupp, W. Schneider, C. Sommer, K.E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds.) Guia FAO para Identification de Especies para lo Fines de la Pesca. Pacifico Centro-Oriental. 3 Vols. FAO, Rome. (Ref. 9349) 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-14163 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 1995-07-20 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=14163 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats demersal; marine