FB-26633 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=26633 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Beloniformes Belonidae Tylosurus Tylosurus choram (Rüppell, 1837) Fuqul Hadroom Gulprikket kuglefisk Yellowspotted puffer Tétrodon constellé Cüce balon balığı 黃斑窄額魨 黄斑窄额鲀 Lagocephalus hypselogeneion (non Bleeker, 1852) Torquigener flavimaculatus Hardy & Randall, 1983 1997-04-14 2014-02-27 Hureau, J.-C.0 La base de données GICIM: Gestion informatisée des collections ichthyologiques du Muséum. p. 225-227. In Atlas Préliminaire des Poissons d'Eau Douce de France. Conseil Supérieur de la Pêche, Ministère de l'Environnement, CEMAGREF et Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris. (Ref. 4517) Kuronuma, K. and Y. Abe0 Fishes of the Arabian Gulf. Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, State of Kuwait, 356 p. (Ref. 5999) Hardy, G.S. and J.E. Randall0 Description of a new species of pufferfish (Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae) from the Red Sea and adjacent waters. Isr. J. Zool. 32(1):13-20. 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(Ref. 128549) Petersen, P.0 Danish names and photos and other species information. Pers. Comm. (Ref. 130676) Price, S.A., S.T. Friedman, K.A. Corn, O. Larouche, K. Brockelsby, A.J. Lee, M. Nagaraj, N.G. Bertrand, M. Danao, M.C. Coyne, J.R. Estrada, R. Friedman, E. Hoeft, M. Iwan, D. Gross, J.H. Kao, B. Landry, M.J. Linares, C. McGlinn and …0 FishShapes v1: Functionally relevant measurements of teleost shape and size on three dimensions. Ecology 103(e3829):1-2. (Ref. 137577) FB-pic-26639-13463 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/jpeg John E. Randall 1997-02-21 2010-07-13 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=26639 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#DiagnosticDescription http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Tofla_u0.jpg http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Tofla_u0.jpg FB-pic-26639-23373 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/jpeg John E. Randall 1999-06-18 1999-12-10 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=26639 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Morphology http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Tofla_u1.jpg http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Tofla_u1.jpg Locality: Eilat, Gulf of Aqaba, Israel. FB-pic-26639-23374 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/jpeg John E. Randall 1999-06-18 1999-12-10 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=26639 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Tofla_u2.jpg http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Tofla_u2.jpg FB-pic-26639-29265 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/gif FAO 2001-05-18 2001-06-30 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 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=26639 http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Tofla_u0.gif http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/gif/tn_Tofla_u0.gif FB-DiagnosticDescr-26639 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=26639 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size This species is distinguished by the following characters: with spinules between nasal organs and dorsal-fin origin; dorsal surface of head and body with many small brownish dots, forming rosettes enclosing larger white spots; areas of small yellowish brown spots on the cheek may form broad vertical bands, separated by irregular narrow white bands; belly white; fins pale (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-26639 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=26639 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Dorsal soft rays (total): 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-26639 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1997-04-15 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=26639 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Western Indian Ocean: northern Red Sea and Kenya; a recent emigrant to the Mediterranean Sea via the Suez Canal. Also reported from the Persian Gulf and Seychelles. Randall, J.E. 1995 Coastal fishes of Oman. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 439 p. (Ref. 11441) FB-Uses-26639 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1997-04-15 00:00:00 2023-02-06 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ John E. Randall General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=26639 fisheries: of no interest FB-TrophicStrategy-26639 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Grace Tolentino Pablico 2007-04-20 00:00:00 2023-01-12 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public flavimaculosus http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Feeds on invertebrates (Ref. 58021). Feeds on small benthic invertebrates. Dwells in sandy substrates with seagrass (Ref. 127989). Randall, J.E. 1995 Coastal fishes of Oman. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 439 p. (Ref. 11441) FB-Size-26639 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1997-04-15 00:00:00 2023-02-06 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=26639 16.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 97148)) Sabour, W., A. Saad and L. Jawad 2014 First record of the yellowspotted puffer <i>Torquigener flavimaculosus</i> Hardy & Randall, 1983 (Osteichthys: Tetraodontidae) from the Mediterranean Sea coasts of Syria. Thalassia Sal. 36(29):29-34. (Ref. 97148) 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-26639 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1997-04-15 00:00:00 2023-02-06 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=26639 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats reef-associated; marine; depth range 3 - 57 m (Ref. 11441) Randall, J.E. 1995 Coastal fishes of Oman. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 439 p. (Ref. 11441)