© Copyright John Rangall, 2006 · 0 Cyclichthys spilostylus Click on map for details about points. IDnature guides Checklist Australia Vertebrata Fish SFTEP Links We parsed the following live from the Web into this page. Such content is managed by its original site and not cached on Discover Life. Please send feedback and corrections directly to the source. See original regarding copyrights and terms of use. Australian Faunal Directory FishBase 1 thumbnail  •  slide show español Overview Main identification features head and body: many short, immovable spines fins without spots tail base without spines Slender body; eyes large; nasal organ a short tentacle with 2 openings, teeth in each jaw fused into a beak, without central groove separating two halves; gill opening a short slit before pectoral base; dorsal and anal fins rounded, at rear of body; no pelvic fins; body and head covered with numerous short fixed spines; ~15 spines between snout and dorsal fin; no spines on tail base; dorsal fin high and round, 12-13 rays; anal 10-12 rays; pectoral angular, 20-22 rays; pelagic juveniles with fleshy tentacle at base of each spine. Dark brown to grey-brown above, shading to white below; base of each spine on back in white spot, on sides in a yellow spot, on belly in a black spot, spots ~pupil size; spines yellow; fins dusky, without spots; pelagic juveniles with eye-size black spots scattered over body. Size 41 cm. Habitat: reefs, algal beds, sand; possibly nocturnal. Depth 5-90 m. Indo-Pacific; vagrant in the Galapagos. Attributes Abundance: Common. Cites: Not listed. Climate Zone: Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo). Depth Range Max: 90 m. Depth Range Min: 5 m. Diet: sea-stars/cucumbers/urchins; mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves; mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs). Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=2; Southern limit=-2; Western limit=-93; Eastern limit=-90; Latitudinal range=4; Longitudinal range=3. Egg Type: Pelagic; Pelagic larva. Feeding Group: Carnivore. FishBase Habitat: Reef Associated. Global Endemism: Indo-Pacific only (Indian + Pacific Oceans); TEP non-endemic; West + East Pacific (but not Central); "Transpacific" (East + Central &/or West Pacific); All species. Habitat: Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom); Sand & gravel; Rocks; Soft bottom (mud, sand,gravel, beach, estuary & mangrove); Reef (rock &/or coral); Reef and soft bottom. Inshore Offshore: Inshore; Inshore Only. IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed. Length Max: 41 cm. Regional Endemism: Island (s) only; Island (s); Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) non-endemic; Eastern Pacific non-endemic; All species. Residency: Vagrant. Salinity: Marine; Marine Only. Water Column Position: Bottom; Bottom only; Names Scientific source: Integrated Taxonomic Information System Links to other sites Fishbase Catalog of Fishes Integrated Taxonomic Information System References Grove , J.S. and Lavenberg, R. J., 1997., The fishes of the Galápagos islands., Stanford University Press:863 pp. Humann, P., 1993., Reef Fish Identification: Galapagos., New World Publishing:192pp. Leis , J. M. and Randall, J. E., 1982., Chilomycterus spilostylus, a new species of Indo-Pacific burrfish (Pisces, Tetraodontiformes, Diodontidae)., Records of the Australian Museum, 34:363-371. McCosker , J.E. and Humann, P.H., 1996., New records of Galápagos fishes., Charles Darwin Foundation, Noticias de Galápagos., 56:18-26. Acknowledgements Ross Robertson, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute I thank Ashley MacDonald and John Pickering, University of Georgia, for technical support in building this page. Supported by National Biological Information Infrastructure National Science Foundation go to Discover Life's Facebook group Following modified from Australian Faunal Directory    Top | See original &pull 20q v5.145 20180528: Error 301 Moved Permanently http://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/348d2b04-9636-49d0-806d-fdf276a00cf9 Following modified from FishBase    Top | See original http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Cyclichthys&speciesname=spilostylus ---> http://192.134.151.83/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Cyclichthys&speciesname=spilostylus http://192.134.151.83/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Cyclichthys&speciesname=spilostylus ---> https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Cyclichthys&speciesname=spilostylus https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Cyclichthys&speciesname=spilostylus ---> https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/summary/Cyclichthys-spilostylus.html You can sponsor this page Common name (e.g. trout) contains begins with begins with ends with is Genus + Species (e.g. Gadus morhua) About this page More Info Plus d'info Mais info Languages Arabic Bahasa/Malay Bangla Chinese(Si) Chinese(Tr) Deutsch English Español Farsi Français Greek Hindi Italiano Japanese Lao Nederlands Português(Br) Português(Pt) Russian Swedish Thai Vietnamese User feedbacks Comments &   Corrections Fish Forum Guest Book Facebook Citation Uploads Attach website Upload photo Upload video Upload   references Fish Watcher Related species Species in    Cyclichthys Species in    Diodontidae - Classification - Diodontidae Tetraodontiformes Teleostei Chordata Animalia Cyclichthys spilostylus ( Leis & Randall , 1982 ) Spotbase burrfish Add your observation in Fish Watcher Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050 This map was computer-generated and has not yet been reviewed. Cyclichthys spilostylus   AquaMaps   Data sources: GBIF OBIS Upload your photos  and  videos Pictures | Videos | Google image Cyclichthys spilostylus Picture by Henlé, C. Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes( genus , species ) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa Teleostei (teleosts) > Tetraodontiformes (Puffers and filefishes) > Diodontidae (Porcupinefishes (burrfishes)) Etymology: Cyclichthys: Greek, kyklos = round + Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335 ) . More on authors: Leis & Randall . Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology Marine; reef-associated; depth range 3 - 90 m (Ref. 30573 ). Tropical Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea to South Africa and east to southern Japan, the Philippines, Australia and New Caledonia (Ref. 9680 ). Eastern Pacific: Galapagos Islands (Ref. 5227 ). Mediterranean: Israel (Ref. 43448 ). Size / Weight / Age Maturity: L m   ?   range ? - ? cm Max length : 34.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9710 ) Short description Morphology | Morphometrics Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11-13; Anal spines : 0; Anal soft rays : 10 - 12. Fins unspotted; adults with black spots on sides and belly, the spots associated with spine bases; no spines on caudal peduncle (Ref. 4423 ). Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic) Found in coastal waters in the vicinity of reefs (Ref. 9680 ). Lives in seagrass habitats and coastal slopes with sponges. Active during the night (Ref. 48637 ). Nocturnal and solitary (Ref. 9680 ), usually found under ledges during the day (Ref. 9710 ). Juveniles pelagic (Ref. 30573 ). Feeds on hard-shelled invertebrates (Ref. 9680 ). Not usually marketed (Ref. 9680 ). Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator | Collaborators Leis, J.M. , 1986. Diodontidae. p. 903-907. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 4423 ) IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435 )     Not Evaluated   CITES Not Evaluated CMS (Ref. 116361 ) Not Evaluated Threat to humans   Harmless Human uses Fisheries: of no interest FAO - Publication: search | FishSource | More information Countries FAO areas Ecosystems Occurrences Introductions Stocks Ecology Diet Food items Food consumption Ration Common names Synonyms Metabolism Predators Ecotoxicology Reproduction Maturity Spawning Spawning aggregation Fecundity Eggs Egg development Age/Size Growth Length-weight Length-length Length-frequencies Morphometrics Morphology Larvae Larval dynamics Recruitment Abundance BRUVS References Aquaculture Aquaculture profile Strains Genetics Electrophoreses Heritability Diseases Processing Nutrients Mass conversion Collaborators Pictures Stamps, Coins Misc. 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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804 ):  PD 50 = 0.6250   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. Bayesian length-weight: a=0.04786 (0.01967 - 0.11644), b=2.82 (2.61 - 3.03), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245 ). Trophic level (Ref. 69278 ):  3.5   ±0.41 se; based on food items. Resilience (Ref. 120179 ):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153 ):  Low vulnerability (24 of 100). Nutrients (Ref. 124155 ):  Calcium = 41.9 [18.0, 102.3] mg/100g; Iron = 0.616 [0.314, 1.379] mg/100g; Protein = 18.3 [16.1, 20.5] %; Omega3 = 0.12 [0.06, 0.23] g/100g; Selenium = 42.6 [21.9, 87.4] μg/100g; VitaminA = 48 [14, 172] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.05 [0.72, 1.56] mg/100g (wet weight); Comments & Corrections Back to Search Random Species Back to Top Accessed through: Not available FishBase mirror site : localhost Page last modified by : mrius-barile - 20 July 2016 Fatal error : Uncaught ArgumentCountError: Too few arguments to function checkEcotox(), 1 passed in /var/www/html/summary/speciessummary.php on line 2304 and exactly 3 expected in /var/www/html/includes/speciessummary.lib.php:2579 Stack trace: #0 /var/www/html/summary/speciessummary.php(2304): checkEcotox() #1 {main} thrown in /var/www/html/includes/speciessummary.lib.php on line 2579 Updated: 2024-05-23 03:10:35 gmt FishBase | Search | All Living Things | Top © Designed by The Polistes Corporation