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Thalassophryne montevidensis (Berg, 1893)

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Uruguay country information

Common names: Bagre sapo, Toadfish
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Museum: Punta Carretas, Montevideo, Río de la Plata, MNM 37 (holotype, female, 129.2), 196 (holotype of T. platensis, male, 150.7) (Ref. 30721). Montevideo, MACN 5267 (1, 130). Maldonado, MACN 1931 (1, 103). Punta del Este, MNM 415 (1, 143). Isla de Flores, MNM 481 (1, 97.5). Isla Gorriti, Bahia de Maldonado, MNM 635 (10, 93.9-133) and USNM 200350 (3, 88.4-122) (Ref. 30721).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/uy.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Collette, B.B., 1966
National Database: Dinara

Common names from other countries

Toadfish, Bagre sapo, 蒙的维海蟾鱼, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Batrachoidiformes (Toadfishes) > Batrachoididae (Toadfishes) > Thalassophryninae
Etymology: Thalassophryne: Greek, thalassa = the sea + Greek , phryne = toad (Ref. 45335).

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

Marine; demersal.   Subtropical

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Southwest Atlantic: southeastern Brazil to Argentina.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 14.4 cm NG male/unsexed; (Ref. 9358)

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Dorsal spines (total): 2; Dorsal soft rays (total): 18 - 19; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 17 - 18. Large dark colored species with four tan dorsal saddles under the second dorsal fin and with pale distal margins to the second dorsal, anal, pectoral, and caudal fins (Ref. 30721).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Collette, Bruce B. | Collaborators

Collette, B.B., 1966. A review of the venomous toadfishes, subfamily Thalassophryninae. Copeia 1966(4):846-864. (Ref. 30721)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Venomous (Ref. 30721)




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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5156   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00490 (0.00187 - 0.01281), b=3.15 (2.93 - 3.37), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.5   ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).