FB-5070 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5070 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Tetraodontiformes Diodontidae Chilomycterus Chilomycterus mauretanicus (Le Danois, 1954) Baiacú Espinho Porco-espinho Porco-espinho da Guiné Porco-espinho-da-Guiné Porco-espinho-listado Guinean burrfish Porc-épic de Guinée Puercoespín de Guinea Crum Porco-espinho Porkspim Atinga atinga mauretanicus Le Danois, 1954 Atinga atringa mauretanicus Le Danois, 1954 Chilomycterus antennatus (non Cuvier, 1816) Chilomycterus orbicularis (non Bloch, 1785) Chilomycterus spinosus mauretanicus (Le Danois, 1954) 1992-02-14 2021-03-16 Breder, C.M. and D.E. Rosen0 Modes of reproduction in fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. 941 p. (Ref. 205) Leis, J.M.0 Diodontidae. In W. Fischer, G. Bianchi and W.B. Scott (eds.) FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Eastern Central Atlantic; fishing areas 34, 47 (in part). Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada and FAO. Vol. 2. var. 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Vol. 4: Bony fishes part 2 (Perciformes to Tetradontiformes) and sea turtles. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes, Rome, FAO. pp. 2343-3124. (Ref. 109259) ECoF, Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes0 Catalog of Fishes. 1985 - onwards. <b>CITATION NOT TO BE USED OUTSIDE FISHBASE. SEE REMARKS</b>. Authorship varies in time: Eschmeyer, W.N.; Fricke, R.; Van der Laan, R. Web database. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp (Ref. 123477) FB-pic-5070-29170 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/gif FAO 2001-05-04 2005-08-03 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=5070 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Chspi_u2.gif http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/gif/tn_Chspi_u2.gif FB-GeneralDescr-5070 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1992-02-14 00:00:00 2021-03-16 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=5070 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Occurs mostly over sand and mud bottoms. Feeds on hard-shelled invertebrates such as mollusks (Ref. 2718). Sale of this species is banned in some countries due to belief that this species is poisonous (but documented proof is lacking). Not consumed in Africa. Duron, M. and J.C. Queró 1990 Diodontidae. p. 1073-1076. 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. 6951) FB-Distribution-5070 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1992-02-14 00:00:00 2025-08-12 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5070 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Eastern central Atlantic endemic, Canary Islands to Angola, and perhaps Namibia. Carpenter, K.E. and N. De Angelis (eds.) 2016 The living marine resources of the Eastern Central Atlantic. Vol. 4: Bony fishes part 2 (Perciformes to Tetradontiformes) and sea turtles. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes, Rome, FAO. pp. 2343-3124. (Ref. 109259) FB-Uses-5070 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1992-02-14 00:00:00 2021-03-16 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5070 fisheries: of no interest Leis, J.M. 1981 Diodontidae. In W. Fischer, G. Bianchi and W.B. Scott (eds.) FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Eastern Central Atlantic; fishing areas 34, 47 (in part). Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada and FAO. Vol. 2. var. (Ref. 2718) FB-Size-5070 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1992-02-14 00:00:00 2021-03-16 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=5070 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#TrophicStrategy 25.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 2718)) Leis, J.M. 1981 Diodontidae. In W. Fischer, G. Bianchi and W.B. Scott (eds.) FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Eastern Central Atlantic; fishing areas 34, 47 (in part). Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada and FAO. Vol. 2. var. (Ref. 2718) 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-5070 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1992-02-14 00:00:00 2021-03-16 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=5070 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats demersal; marine; depth range ? - 100 m (Ref. 2718) Leis, J.M. 1981 Diodontidae. In W. Fischer, G. Bianchi and W.B. Scott (eds.) FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Eastern Central Atlantic; fishing areas 34, 47 (in part). Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada and FAO. Vol. 2. var. (Ref. 2718)