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Common names: Botite, Botiti, Butete
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
Abundance: common (usually seen) | Ref: Herre, A.W.C.T., 1924
Importance: minor commercial | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Sibuyan, Romblon (Ref. 58652). Specimens were collected from Kiga creek and San Jose, Dulag, Leyte in 1993 (Ref. 7223). Found in fish markets (Ref. 393) despite the fact that this species is very poisonous (Ref. 12745). Also Ref. 5170.
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Rau, N. and A. Rau, 1980
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Immaculate blow fish, Narrow-lined toadfish, Buqmah swada al atraf, ... more

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> Tetraodontiformes (Puffers and filefishes) > Tetraodontidae (Puffers) > Tetraodontinae
Etymology: More on authors: Bloch & Schneider.

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

marien; brak water rifbewoner; diepte 3 - 30 m (Ref. 90102). Tropical; 37°N - 33°S, 32°E - 168°E

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Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa (including the south coast of South Africa, Ref. 4919) to Indonesia, north to southern Japan.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 37.5 cm TL mannelijk / geslacht onbekend; (Ref. 116289); max. gepubliceerd gewicht: 775.00 g (Ref. 116289)

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Dorsale stekels (totaal) : 0; Dorsale zachte stralen (totaal) : 9 - 11; Anale stekels: 0; Anale zachte stralen: 9 - 17. Body covered with prickles (Ref. 559). Dark bars on side of head and below pectoral fins; juvenile specimens from the Pacific with longitudinal dark stripes on belly (Ref. 4919).

Inhabits weedy areas, often in estuaries; seagrass beds (Ref. 41878) and mangrove areas in 1-1.5 m. Solitary (Ref. 90102). Specimens caught by trawling over silty bottoms in 17 m. (Ref. 9137).

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Oviparous (Ref. 205).

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Randall, J.E., 1985. On the validity of the tetraodontid fish Arothron manilensis (Procé). Jap. J. Ichthyol. 32(3):347-354. (Ref. 5170)

Status op de Rode Lijst van het IUCN (Ref. 130435)

Niet bedreigd (LC) ; Date assessed: 10 June 2011

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Gevaar voor de mens

Poisonous to eat (Ref. 393)

Gebruik door de mens

Visserij: van minder commercieel belang; Aquarium: Publieke aquaria

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 24.3 - 29.3, mean 28.5 (based on 3402 cells).

Fylogenetische diversiteitsindex (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.03236 (0.02015 - 0.05198), b=2.82 (2.69 - 2.95), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trofisch niveau (Ref. 69278): 3.3 ±0.24 se; based on food items.

Weerstandsvermogen (Ref. 120179): Hoog, minimale populatieverdubbelingstijd minder dan 15 maanden (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low to moderate vulnerability (28 of 100).

Prijsklasse (Ref. 80766): Very high.

Arothron immaculatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)