Jamaica country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Found in channels and waterways of Port Royal mangal areas. Type locality Palisadoes (Ref. 27228).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/jm.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.caricom-fisheries.com/jamaica-fisheries
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Alleng, G.P., 1997
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Compère corotuche, Tamboril rayado, Botete sapo, ... more

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

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

marina; brackvatten revassocierade; djupintervall ? - 48 m (Ref. 9710). Subtropical; 42°N - 35°S, 98°W - 34°W

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Western Atlantic to Southwest Atlantic: Rhode Island, USA to southeastern Brazil.

Length at first maturity / Size / Vikt / Age

Maturity: L_m 10.8 range ? - ? cm
Max length : 38.8 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 26340); common length : 20.0 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 3821); publicerad maxvikt: 400.00 g (Ref. 5217)

Short description Bestämningsnycklar | Morfologi | Morfometri

Taggstrålar i ryggfenan (totalt) : 0; Mjukstrålar i ryggfenan (totalt) : 11 - 12; Taggstrålar i analfenan: 0; Mjukstrålar i analfenan: 11. Greenish above, pale yellow to white below; back has series of pale lines and arcs suggesting concentric circles with intersecting lines. No other puffer has this color pattern (Ref. 26938).

Commonly found in bays, tidal creeks and protected coastal waters, especially on seagrass beds, and in brackish water. Rare or absent on coral reefs. Does not form schools, but may form huge aggregates. Hides in the sand when frightened (Ref. 9710). Feeds mainly on bivalves, gastropods, foraminiferans and several other benthic invertebrates specially crustaceans, which it crushes with its powerful teeth (Ref. 35237). To ward off predators, it inflates itself like a balloon. Highly toxic; used to poison cats and dogs (Ref. 2861).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Reproduktion | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larver

Spawning season is from late spring to early fall at Biscayne Bay, Florida. Mean length at first maturity is over 13 cm TL.

Main reference Upload your references | referenser | Koordinator : Matsuura, Keiichi | Medarbetare

Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray, 1986. A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p. (Ref. 7251)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 07 June 2011

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Poisonous to eat (Ref. 3821)

Human uses

Fiskeri: saknar intresse

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 22.9 - 28, mean 25.6 (based on 472 cells).

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

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.02042 (0.01697 - 0.02457), b=2.93 (2.88 - 2.98), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).

Trofisk nivå (Ref. 69278): 3.4 ±0.41 se; based on food items.

Resiliens (Ref. 120179): Låg, lägsta populationsfördubblingstid 4,5-14 år (K=0.51; rel. fec=1.146 eggs/ g body weight).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (22 of 100).

Sphoeroides testudineus (Linnaeus, 1758)