Lunartail puffer
📖 Overview
Mainly marine, occasionally enters estuaries . Occurs over sandy bottoms, often on coastal reefs; feeds on a variety of marine invertebrates .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
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 .: short and / or deep.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Lunartail puffer is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
Oviparous .
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; brackish; demersal; oceanodromous . Tropical Southeast Atlantic: south coast of South Africa.
🌿 Ecology
a variety of marine invertebrates (Ref
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
⚠️ Venom Profile
- immediate intense pain
- swelling
- erythema
- occasional nausea and weakness
Analgesia; wound care; tetanus prophylaxis; severe cases may require monitoring for systemic effects.
References: Compiled from Bhide (2018), Halstead et al. (1988) and family-specific envenomation literature
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | Golden Toadfish · Green Rrough-backed Puffer · Lunar-tail Pufferfish · Lunartail puffer · Moontail Puffer · Rough Golden Puffer · Rough Golden Pufferfish · Rough Golden Toadfish · Spinyback Toadfish · moontail blassop |
| 🇸🇦Arabic | ينفوخ خشن ذهبي · ينفوخ هلالي الذيل |
| 🏳️Catalan | Peix bola de cua creixent |
| 🇯🇵Japanese | Dokusabafugu · ドクサバフグ |
| 🇵🇹Portuguese | Baiacu-cauda-lunar |
| 🌍TGL | Butete |
| 🌍THA | ปลาปักเป้าหางวงเดือน |
| 🇨🇳Chinese | 月兔頭魨 · 月尾兔頭魨 · 粟色河魨 · 規仔 |
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 32 records indexed .
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