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Teleostei (teleosts) > Tetraodontiformes (Puffers and filefishes) > Tetraodontidae (Puffers) > Tetraodontinae
Etymology: Takifugu: A Japanese word with several meanings; taki = waterfall + fugu = fish; it could be also understood as taki = to be cooked in liquid + fugu = a venomous fish.
More on author: Richardson.

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

Marine; demersal. Subtropical

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Indo-West Pacific.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 23.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 42715); max. published weight: 48.38 g (Ref. 124712)

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12-14; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 10 - 11; Vertebrae: 21

Flesh, liver, ovaries, testes, skin and intestine toxic (Ref. 42715).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

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

Yamada, U., 2002. Tetraodontidae. p. 1418-1431. In T. Nakabo (ed.). Fishes of Japan with pictorial keys to the species (second edition). Tokai University Press, 1749 p. (Ref. 42715)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 126983)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 08 June 2011

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Poisonous to eat (Ref. 42715)

Human uses

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Takifugu alboplumbeus (Richardson, 1845)