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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
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National Checklist:
Country Information: httpss://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/rp.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Matsuura, K. and J.C. Tyler, 1997
National Database:

Classification / Names

Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Tetraodontiformes (Puffers and filefishes) > Triodontidae (Three-toothed puffer)
Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL

Common names from other countries

Bourse, Drietand-blaasop, Uchiwafugu, ... more

Main reference

Smith, M.M. 1986. (Ref. 4419)
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Size / Weight / Age

Max length : 54.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 4419)

Environment

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 50 - 300 m (Ref. 4419)

Climate / Range

Tropical, preferred ?

Distribution

Indo-West Pacific: East Africa to the Philippines, north to Japan, south to Australia and New Caledonia. Recently reported from Tonga (Ref. 53797).
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Short description

Dorsal soft rays (total): 10-12; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 9 - 10. Body yellowish-brown; belly flap white except for a yellow area around a black blotch (Ref. 4419). The 2.0 cm recruit differs from the adult in the structure of its viscera, most strikingly by the presence of the very large distended stomach, lacking in the adult (Ref. 54815).

Rare species (Ref. 4419).

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

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Estimates of some properties based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805)
PD₅₀ = 1.5000 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Trophic Level (Ref. 69278)
3.1 ±0.27 se; Based on food items.

Resilience (Ref. 69278)

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153)
Low to moderate vulnerability (27 of 100)

Price category (Ref. 80766)
Unknown

Triodon macropterus Lesson, 1831