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> Tetraodontiformes (Puffers and filefishes) > Diodontidae (Porcupinefishes (burrfishes))
Etymology: Chilomycterus: Greek, cheilos = lip + Greek, mykter, -eros = nose (Ref. 45335).

Issue
Provisionally valid species: endemic to Eastern Atlantic.

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

marin démersal; profondeur ? - 100 m (Ref. 2718). Tropical

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Eastern central Atlantic endemic, Canary Islands to Angola, and perhaps Namibia.

Taille / Poids / Âge

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 25.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 2718)

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.

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larves

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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)

Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)

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Chilomycterus mauretanicus (Le Danois, 1954)