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Trachicephalus uranoscopus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

Stargazing stonefish
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> Perciformes/Scorpaenoidei (Scorpionfishes) > Synanceiidae (Stonefishes) > Synanceiinae
Etymology: Trachicephalus: Greek, trachys, -eia, -ys = rough + Greek, kephale = head (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Bloch & Schneider.

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

marino; salobre demersal; rango de profundidad 2 - 25 m (Ref. 90102). Tropical

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Indo-West Pacific: India to Indonesia, north to Hong Kong and southern China.

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 10.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 90102)

Short description Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría

Espinas dorsales (total) : 11 - 13; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 12 - 14; Espinas anales: 2; Radios blandos anales: 12 - 15.

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Inhabits mud bottoms in estuaries. Also found in sand bottoms of estuaries and coastal waters in 2-25 m (Ref 90102).

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

Main reference Upload your references | Referencias | Coordinador | Colaboradores

Poss, S.G., 1999. Scorpaenidae. Scorpionfishes (also, lionfishes, rockfishes, stingfishes, stonefishes, and waspfishes). p. 2291-2352. In K.E. Carpenter and V.H. Niem (eds.) FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific. Vol. 4. Bony fishes part 2 (Mugilidae to Carangidae). Rome, FAO. 2069-2790 p. (Ref. 39597)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 20 July 2017

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Venomous (Ref. 39597)





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