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Chilomycterus reticulatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
SPOTFIN PORCUPINEFISH
Few-spined Porcupine-fish; Spotfin Burrfish; Spottedfin Burrfish; Diodon reticulatus Linnaeus, 1758

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Chilomycterus reticulatus
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Chilomycterus reticulatus

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Overview
Main identification features
  • head and body: a few short, immovable spines
  • adults: fins spotted
  • 1-2 spines top base of tail
Dorsal rays 12-14; anal rays 11-14; pectoral rays 19-22; head and body with short immovable spines, about 8-10 in an approximate row from snout to dorsal fin; top of tail base with 1-2 spines; nasal organ is an open cup lined with pits.

Grey on back grading to whitish ventrally; scattered black spots on head, body, and median fins; also several diffuse, dusky brown bars on head and body.

Size: grows to about 75 cm; the young lead a pelagic existence until about 20 cm.

Inhabits coral and rocky reefs, but also trawled on soft bottoms.

Depth: 1-141 m.

Circumtropical and temperate distribution; California to the Baja, and the southwest and central eastern Gulf of California to Chile, and all the oceanic islands except Clipperton.


Attributes
Abundance: Common.
Cites: Not listed.
Climate Zone: North Temperate (Californian Province &/or Northern Gulf of California); Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap); Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos); Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo); South Temperate (Peruvian Province ).
Depth Range Max: 141 m.
Depth Range Min: 1 m.
Diet: sea-stars/cucumbers/urchins; mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs); mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves.
Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=38; Southern limit=-7; Western limit=-123; Eastern limit=-78; Latitudinal range=45; Longitudinal range=45.
Egg Type: Pelagic; Pelagic larva.
Feeding Group: Carnivore.
FishBase Habitat: Demersal.
Global Endemism: Circumtropical ( Indian + Pacific + Atlantic Oceans); East Pacific + Atlantic (East +/or West); Transisthmian (East Pacific + Atlantic of Central America); East Pacific + all Atlantic (East+West); All Pacific (West + Central + East); TEP non-endemic; "Transpacific" (East + Central &/or West Pacific); All species.
Habitat: Corals; Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom); Rocks; Soft bottom (mud, sand,gravel, beach, estuary & mangrove); Reef and soft bottom; Reef (rock &/or coral).
Inshore Offshore: Inshore; Inshore Only.
IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed.
Length Max: 75 cm.
Regional Endemism: Island (s); Continent; Continent + Island (s); Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) non-endemic; Eastern Pacific non-endemic; All species.
Residency: Resident.
Salinity: Marine; Marine Only.
Water Column Position: Bottom; Bottom only;


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References
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  • Chirichigno, N., 1998., Clave para identificar los peces marinos del Peru., Instituto del Mar del Peru, Informe., 44(2 Ed.):1-387.
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  • Eschmeyer , W. N. , Herald , E. S. and Hamman, H., 1983., A field guide to Pacific coast fishes of North America from the Gulf of Alaska to Baja California. Peterson Field Guide Ser. 28., Houghton Mifflin:336pp.
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  • Linnaeus, C., 1758., Systema Naturae, Ed. X. (Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata.) Holmiae., Systema Nat. ed. 10, 1:1-824.
  • Long, D. J., 1994., The Pacific burrfish, Chilomycterus affinis (Tetraodontiformes: Diodontidae) in the northern Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez)., Revista de Biologia Tropical, 42:386-387.
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes( genus , species ) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Tetraodontiformes (Puffers and filefishes) > Diodontidae (Porcupinefishes (burrfishes))
Etymology: Chilomycterus: Greek, cheilos = lip + Greek, mykter, -eros = nose (Ref. 45335 ) .
More on author: Linnaeus .

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

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 20 - 100 m (Ref. 9680 ). Subtropical; - 24°S, 98°W - 34°W

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Circumglobal: Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L m   ?   range ? - ? cm
Max length : 69.7 cm NG male/unsexed; (Ref. 89467 ); common length : 30.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 26999 )

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12-14; Anal spines : 0; Anal soft rays : 11 - 14. Adults grey to brown with a black gular band and small black spots on upper surfaces and fins; pelagic juveniles blue with dark spots above, the spots descending to belly (Ref. 4423 ).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Adults found in reefs and over soft bottoms to depths of 100 m, but may occur deeper in the tropics (Ref. 30573 ). Often found washed up on beaches. Known to brace themselves against the substrate to sleep at night (Ref. 4930 ). Appear to be active during the day. Juveniles often with floating weeds (Ref. 48637 ). Solitary. Juveniles pelagic in oceanic surface waters (Ref. 30573 ). Feed on hard-shelled invertebrates. Not usually marketed.

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Leis, J.M. , 2001. Diodontidae. Porcupine fishes (burrfishes). p. 3958-3965. In K.E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds.) FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific. Vol. 6. Bony fishes part 4 (Labridae to Latimeriidae), estuarine crocodiles. FAO, Rome. (Ref. 9680 )

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435 )

  Least Concern (LC)  ; Date assessed: 06 June 2011

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Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361 )

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Venomous





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Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201 ): 18.4 - 28.3, mean 27 °C (based on 959 cells). Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804 ):  PD 50 = 0.5313   [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 ):  High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153 ):  Low vulnerability (20 of 100). Nutrients (Ref. 124155 ):  Calcium = 18 [7, 59] mg/100g; Iron = 0.558 [0.274, 1.366] mg/100g; Protein = 19.2 [17.0, 21.4] %; Omega3 = 0.166 [0.086, 0.318] g/100g; Selenium = 25.4 [10.8, 56.7] μg/100g; VitaminA = 17.8 [4.5, 80.2] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.572 [0.367, 0.913] mg/100g (wet weight);

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