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Sphoeroides annulatus (Jenyns, 1842)

Bullseye puffer
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> Tetraodontiformes (Puffers and filefishes) > Tetraodontidae (Puffers) > Tetraodontinae
Etymology: Sphoeroides: Greek, sphaira = ball + Greek, suffix, oides = similar to (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Jenyns.

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

marino; salmastro associati a barriera corallina; distribuzione batimetrica 10 - 60 m (Ref. 91172). Subtropical; 34°N - 19°S, 123°W - 70°W

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Eastern Pacific: California, USA to Pisco, Peru and the Galapagos Islands.

Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 44.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 9349); common length : 18.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 9349)

Short description Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria

Spine dorsali (totale) : 0; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 8; Spine anali: 0; Raggi anali molli: 7. Remarkable for its highly tortuous lateral line; its nostrils also rather peculiar (Ref. 3157).

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

Found on soft bottom (Ref. 9349). Juveniles inhabit estuaries (Ref. 9349). Makes a loud grating noise (Ref. 3157).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve

Main reference Upload your references | Bibliografia | Coordinatore : Matsuura, Keiichi | Collaboratori

Eschmeyer, W.N., E.S. Herald and H. Hammann, 1983. A field guide to Pacific coast fishes of North America. Boston (MA, USA): Houghton Mifflin Company. xii+336 p. (Ref. 2850)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 01 May 2008

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Poisonous to eat (Ref. 4690)





Human uses

Pesca: commerciale
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 18.7 - 28.9, mean 25.8 °C (based on 86 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.02344 (0.01550 - 0.03546), b=2.91 (2.79 - 3.03), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.1   ±0.44 se; based on food items.
Resilienza (Ref. 120179):  Medio, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 1.4 - 4.4 anni (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low to moderate vulnerability (34 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Very high.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 23 [9, 79] mg/100g; Iron = 0.579 [0.293, 1.340] mg/100g; Protein = 19.2 [17.0, 21.4] %; Omega3 = 0.179 [0.089, 0.342] g/100g; Selenium = 17.7 [7.7, 40.4] μg/100g; VitaminA = 23.8 [5.8, 107.3] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.797 [0.502, 1.298] mg/100g (wet weight);