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Torquigener flavimaculosus Hardy & Randall, 1983

Yellowspotted puffer
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Tetraodontiformes (Puffers and filefishes) > Tetraodontidae (Puffers) > Tetraodontinae
Etymology: Torquigener: Latin, torquere = to twist + Latin, generare = birth, race (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Hardy & Randall.

Issue
Torquigener flavimaculosus is a junior synonym of Torquigener hypselogeneion (Bleeker, 1852) based on molecular and morphological data according to Ref. 128154. Species summary page will be removed.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 3 - 57 m (Ref. 11441). Tropical

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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.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 16.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 97148)

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Anal soft rays: 7 - 8.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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Randall, J.E., 1995. Coastal fishes of Oman. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 439 p. (Ref. 11441)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 08 June 2011

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Venomous





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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 21 - 29.2, mean 26.9 °C (based on 360 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.03020 (0.01741 - 0.05237), b=2.89 (2.75 - 3.03), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.3   ±0.2 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 78.7 [35.1, 193.8] mg/100g; Iron = 0.841 [0.419, 1.977] mg/100g; Protein = 18.2 [16.0, 20.4] %; Omega3 = 0.132 [0.066, 0.252] g/100g; Selenium = 36.9 [18.5, 81.5] μg/100g; VitaminA = 52.9 [15.2, 198.3] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.37 [0.90, 2.05] mg/100g (wet weight);