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Lagocephalus lunaris, Lunartail puffer : aquarium
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Teleostei (teleosts) >
Tetraodontiformes
(Puffers and filefishes) >
Tetraodontidae
(Puffers) > Tetraodontinae
Etymology:
Lagocephalus:
Greek, lagos = hare + Greek, kephale = head (Ref.
45335
)
.
More on authors:
Bloch
&
Schneider
.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; brackish; demersal; oceanodromous (Ref.
51243
). Tropical
Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea and Persian Gulf to South Africa, east along the continental shores to western Pacific, from Japan to Australia (Ref.
11441
). Southeast Atlantic: south coast of South Africa.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: L
m
 
?
  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 45.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref.
559
)
Dorsal
spines
(total): 0;
Dorsal
soft rays
(total): 11-13;
Anal
spines
: 0;
Anal
soft rays
: 10 - 12. Body covered with prickles. Prickles on back extending from nape to caudal peduncle (Ref.
559
).
Mainly marine, occasionally enters estuaries (Ref.
4833
). Occurs over sandy bottoms, often on coastal reefs; feeds on a variety of marine invertebrates (Ref.
68964
).
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Larvae
Oviparous (Ref.
205
).
Smith, M.M. and P.C. Heemstra
, 1986. Tetraodontidae. p. 894-903. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref.
4919
)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref.
130435
)
Least Concern (LC)
; Date assessed:
08 June 2011
CITES
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Poisonous to eat (Ref.
559
)
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest; aquarium: commercial
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201
): 19.8 - 28.4, mean 26.7 °C (based on 1253 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804
): PD
50
= 0.5005 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.02239 (0.01375 - 0.03645), b=2.86 (2.73 - 2.99), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245
).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278
): 3.7 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179
): Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153
): Moderate vulnerability (42 of 100).
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