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Teleostei (teleosts) > Tetraodontiformes (Puffers and filefishes) > Tetraodontidae (Puffers) > Tetraodontinae
Etymology: Sphoeroides: Greek, sphaira = ball + Greek, suffix, oides = similar to (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Jenyns.

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Marine; brackish; reef-associated; depth range 10 - 60 m (Ref. 91172). Subtropical; 34°N - 19°S, 123°W - 70°W

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Eastern Pacific: California, USA to Pisco, Peru and the Galapagos Islands.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 44.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9349); common length : 18.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9349)

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 7. Remarkable for its highly tortuous lateral line; its nostrils also rather peculiar (Ref. 3157).

Found on soft bottom (Ref. 9349). Juveniles inhabit estuaries (Ref. 9349). Makes a loud grating noise (Ref. 3157).

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Matsuura, Keiichi | Collaborators

Eschmeyer, W.N., E.S. Herald and H. Hammann, 1983. A field guide to Pacific coast fishes of North America. Boston (MA, USA): Houghton Mifflin Company. xii+336 p. (Ref. 2850)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 01 May 2008

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Poisonous to eat (Ref. 4690)

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 18.7 - 28.9, mean 25.8 °C (based on 86 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.02344 (0.01550 - 0.03546), b=2.91 (2.79 - 3.03), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.1 ±0.44 se; based on food items.

Resilience (Ref. 120179): Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low to moderate vulnerability (34 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Very high.

Nutrients (Ref. 124155): Calcium = 23 [9, 79] mg/100g; Iron = 0.579 [0.293, 1.340] mg/100g; Protein = 19.2 [17.0, 21.4] %; Omega3 = 0.179 [0.089, 0.342] g/100g; Selenium = 17.7 [7.7, 40.4] μg/100g; VitaminA = 23.8 [5.8, 107.3] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.797 [0.502, 1.298] mg/100g (wet weight);

Sphoeroides annulatus (Jenyns, 1842)