FB-4960 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4960 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Tetraodontiformes Tetraodontidae Ephippion Ephippion guttifer (Bennett, 1831) Rozdymka Baiacu-de-pintas Balacu Balacu-de-pintas Balhaçu Peixe-bala Peixe-balão Peixe-coelho Sapo Globe-kuglefisk Stacheliger Kugelfisch Common puffer Globefish Prickly puffer Pricky puffer Swamp Agede Ako Guèdè Sakovi Compère à points blancs Faux perroquet Perroquet Poisson lampe Poisson-globe Tétraodon Tétrodon à points blancs Awulen Kubi Bayakou Baun foki Boun foki Regej Regen Tamboril de tierra Awule Biaku Ewure srikyi Fougnigname Houmè Konkareh Peixe-dodo 白点鞍鼻鲀 白點鞍鼻魨 Ephippion guttiferum (Bennett, 1831) Ephippion maculatum Bibron, 1855 Hemiconiatus guttifer (Bennett, 1831) Tetraodon guttifer (Bennett, 1831) Tetrodon guttifer Bennett, 1831 Tetrodon pustulatus (non Murray, 1857) 1992-02-06 2013-07-18 Schneider, W.0 FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. 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Original author and source must be properly acknowledged http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4960 http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Epgut_u1.gif http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/gif/tn_Epgut_u1.gif FB-GeneralDescr-4960 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1992-02-06 00:00:00 2013-07-18 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=4960 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Common in shallow coastal waters, also in estuaries (Ref. 2683), bays and lagoons, as well as in offshore trawling stations. Feeds on crabs, echinoids and mollusks (Ref. 10001). Occurs over hard substrate (Ref. 5377). Shipp, R.L. 1990 Tetraodontidae. p. 1069-1072. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 7464) FB-Distribution-4960 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1992-02-06 00:00:00 2026-01-26 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4960 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Eastern Atlantic: Gibraltar and extreme western Mediterranean southward along the entire west coast of Africa to Angola, near Benguela. Cousseau, M.B. 1993 Las especies del orden gadiformes del Atlántico sudamericano comprendido entre 34° y 55°S y relación con las de otras áreas. Frente Marit. 13:7-108. FB-Uses-4960 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1992-02-06 00:00:00 2013-07-18 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=4960 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat fisheries: commercial; gamefish: yes Schneider, W. 1990 FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Field guide to the commercial marine resources of the Gulf of Guinea. Prepared and published with the support of the FAO Regional Office for Africa. Rome: FAO. 268 p. (Ref. 2683) International Game Fish Association 1991 World record game fishes. International Game Fish Association, Florida, USA. (Ref. 4699) FB-TrophicStrategy-4960 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1999-09-21 00:00:00 1999-12-11 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public guttifer http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Feeds on fish and zoobenthos (Ref. 28587). Schneider, W. 1990 FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Field guide to the commercial marine resources of the Gulf of Guinea. Prepared and published with the support of the FAO Regional Office for Africa. Rome: FAO. 268 p. (Ref. 2683) FB-Size-4960 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1992-02-06 00:00:00 2013-07-18 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4960 80.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 7059)); max. published weight: 4,300 g (Ref. 4699) Cousseau, M.B. 1993 Las especies del orden gadiformes del Atlántico sudamericano comprendido entre 34° y 55°S y relación con las de otras áreas. Frente Marit. 13:7-108. International Game Fish Association 1991 World record game fishes. International Game Fish Association, Florida, USA. (Ref. 4699) 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-4960 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1992-02-06 00:00:00 2013-07-18 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=4960 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats demersal; brackish; marine; depth range 10 - 100 m (Ref. 10001) Tortonese, E. 1986 Tetraodontidae. p. 1341-1347. In P.J.P. Whitehead, M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen, E. Tortonese (eds.) Fishes of the north-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean, UNESCO, Paris Vol. 3. (Ref. 10001)