Cuba country information

Common names: Honeycomb Cowfish, Torito hexagonal
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: occasional (usually not seen) | Ref: Claro, R., 1994
Importance: | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Generally of no interest to fisheries. Also Ref. 26340.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/cu.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Claro, R. and L.R. Parenti, 2001
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Coffre polygone, Trunkfish, Torito, ... more

Classificação / Names Nomes comuns | Sinônimos | Catalog of Fishes(Gênero, Espécies) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Tetraodontiformes (Puffers and filefishes) > Ostraciidae (Boxfishes)
Etymology: Acanthostracion: Greek, akantha = thorn + Greek, ostrakon = shell (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Poey.

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

marinhas associadas(os) a recifes; intervalo de profundidade 3 - 80 m (Ref. 9710). Tropical; 42°N - 35°S, 99°W - 34°W

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Western Atlantic: New Jersey, USA and Bermuda to Brazil, including the Caribbean and Antilles. Occurs in the Gulf of Mexico, off Florida, 25° 16'N, 83° 37'W (Ref.78464).

Tamanho / Peso / Idade

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 50.0 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 36453); common length : 25.0 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 5217); peso máx. publicado: 152.40 g (Ref. 118626)

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Bold pattern of hexagons outlined by narrow dark lines; centers and areas between hexagons pale (Ref. 26938). Purplish blue on sides and ventrally (Ref. 13442).

Occurs in clear water around coral reefs. Feeds on sponges, alcyonarians, tunicates, and shrimp. Uncommon and wary (Ref. 9710). Consumed fresh, generally roasted (Ref. 5217).

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Referência principal Upload your references | Referências | Coordenador : Matsuura, Keiichi | Colaboradores

Smith-Vaniz, W.F., B.B. Collette and B.E. Luckhurst, 1999. Fishes of Bermuda: history, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys. American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Special Publication No. 4. 424 p. (Ref. 35505)

Status na Lista Vermelha da UICN (Ref. 130435)

Segura ou pouco preocupante (LC) ; Date assessed: 07 June 2011

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Ameaça para os humanos

Reports of ciguatera poisoning (Ref. 30303)

Uso pelos humanos

Pescarias: espécies comerciais; Aquário: Espécies comerciais

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 21.4 - 28, mean 25.9 (based on 318 cells).

Índice de diversidade filogenética (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5625 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.02818 (0.01700 - 0.04672), b=2.83 (2.68 - 2.98), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).

Nível Trófico (Ref. 69278): 2.0 ±0.0 se; based on diet studies.

Resiliência (Ref. 120179): Elevada, tempo mínimo de duplicação da população menor que 15 meses (Fec assumed to be > 10,000).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Moderate vulnerability (40 of 100).

Categoria de preço (Ref. 80766): High.

Acanthostracion polygonium Poey, 1876