Mauritania country information

Common names: Batrachus, Poisson crapaud
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: commercial | Ref: Mohamed Fall, K.O., 2005
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Uses: no uses
Comments: The tails are sometimes sold in Nouadhibou under the false name 'queue de Lotte' (Ref. 5377). Also Ref.4482.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/mr.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Maigret, J. and B. Ly, 1986
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Crapaud-lusitanien, Sapo lusitánico, Lusitarian toadfish, ... more

Classificação / Names Nomes comuns | Sinônimos | Catalog of Fishes(Gênero, Espécies) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Batrachoidiformes (Toadfishes) > Batrachoididae (Toadfishes) > Halophryninae
Etymology: Halobatrachus: Greek, als, alis = salt + Greek, batrachos = frog (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Bloch & Schneider.

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

marinhas demersal; intervalo de profundidade 10 - 50 m (Ref. 2683). Subtropical; 45°N - 4°N, 18°W - 17°E

Distribuição Países | Áreas da FAO | Ecossistemas | Ocorrências | Point map | Introduções | Faunafri

Eastern Atlantic: southern Bay of Biscay to Ghana, including the western Mediterranean. Reported from the Gambia River (Ref. 28587).

Tamanho / Peso / Idade

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 50.0 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 26999); common length : 35.0 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 3397)

Descrição suscinta Chaves de identificação | Morfologia | Morfometria

Raios dorsais (total) : 19 - 21. Caudal fin rounded (Ref.5377).

Sedentary species which occurs on soft sand or mud, often partly buried or concealed in rock crevices, solitary in shallow water. Feeds on crustaceans, mollusks and small fishes (Ref. 7405). The female lays eggs which are large enough and which are turned over to the males who guard them (Ref. 5377). A species that is not venomous (Dr. Andread Kunznmann, Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT), pers. communication 10/2021).

Ciclo de vida ou comportamento de acasalamento Maturities | Reprodução | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvas

Referência principal Upload your references | Referências | Coordenador : Collette, Bruce B. | Colaboradores

Bauchot, M.-L., 1987. Poissons osseux. p. 891-1421. In W. Fischer, M.L. Bauchot and M. Schneider (eds.) Fiches FAO d'identification pour les besoins de la pêche. (rev. 1). Méditerranée et mer Noire. Zone de pêche 37. Vol. II. Commission des Communautés Européennes and FAO, Rome. (Ref. 3397)

Status na Lista Vermelha da UICN (Ref. 130435)

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Halobatrachus didactylus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)