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Etymology: Takifugu: A Japanese word with several meanings; taki = waterfall + fugu = fish; it could be also understood as taki = to be cooked in liquid + fugu = a venomous fish.
Environment / Climate / Range
Ecology
Marine; demersal. Temperate, preferred ?
Northwest Pacific: Kyushu, Japan to East China Sea.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 20.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 559)
Short description
Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal
spines
(total): 0;
Dorsal
soft rays
(total): 13-15;
Anal
spines: 0;
Anal
soft rays: 10 - 13. Body without prickles. Body brown with white vermiculation dorsally, white ventrally. An irregular dark brown blotch edged with white on side of body just behind upper part of pectoral fin (Ref. 559).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Masuda, H. and G.R. Allen, 1993. Meeresfische der Welt - Groß-Indopazifische Region. Tetra Verlag, Herrenteich, Melle. 528 p. (Ref. 9137)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)
CITES (Ref. 94142)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Poisonous to eat (Ref. 9137)
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