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🌊 Marine Least Concern 🎣 Game Fish ⚠️ Venomous ⚡ Poisonous to eat 🌡️ Temperate 🎣 Game Fish

gamefish

Takifugu pardalis Temminck & Schlegel, 1850
Max Length
30 cm
Max Weight
-
Lifespan
-
Trophic Level
3.3
Depth
-
Climate
Temperate
Resilience
High
Vulnerability
31.00/100
Typical Length
-
Depth Zone
demersal

📖 Overview

Overview information for gamefish is currently being compiled by our editorial team.

Scientific Name
Takifugu pardalis
Authority
Temminck & Schlegel, 1850
Habitat
Marine
Climate
Temperate
Body Shape
Short and / or deep
IUCN Status
LC
Max Length
30 cm
Trophic Level
3.3
Resilience
High
Vulnerability
31.00/100
Salinity
30–40 ppt

🐟 Physical Description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11 - 14; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 9 - 12. Body without prickles and covered with small rounded elevations of skin. Pale brown with many blackish spots dorsally; white ventrally. Pectoral, dorsal and anal fins dull orange; caudal fin blackish .: short and / or deep.

🌀 Behaviour

Behavioural data for gamefish is currently being reviewed.

🦐 Diet

Diet information for gamefish is currently being compiled.

🥚 Reproduction

Reproduction data for gamefish is currently being compiled.

🌍 Habitat & Distribution

Marine; demersal. Temperate Northwest Pacific: Hakodate, Japan to the East China and Yellow seas.

🌿 Ecology

Zone Preferences
🌊 Marine ⬇️ Benthic
Trophic Level
3.3±0.2

📐 Morphometrics

Length–Weight Relationship: W = 0.02291 × L2.9 (TL)
Max TL
30cm
Dorsal Rays
13
Anal Rays
11

🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance

Salinity Range
30–40ppt

🛡️ Conservation Assessment

IUCN Category
Least Concern
Assessment Date
2011

📊 Population Risk & Fisheries

Population Resilience
High
Minimum doubling time
Fishing Vulnerability
31.00/100
Low vulnerability
Trophic Level
3.3
Predator
Body Shape
Short and / or deep
Climate Zone
Temperate
Described By
Temminck & Schlegel, 1850

🌐 Names & Taxonomy

Language Common Names
🇬🇧English Panther puffer
🏳️Catalan Peix bola pantera
🇯🇵Japanese Higan-fugu · Higanfugu · ヒガンフグ
🇰🇷Korean 졸복
🇵🇹Portuguese Baiacu-pantera · Fugu-pantera
🇷🇺Russian Собака-рыба гладкая пятнистая
🇪🇸Spanish Fugu pantera

Scientific Synonyms

Scientific Name Author Year Status
Fugu pardalis Temminck & Schlegel 1850 Synonym
Sphoeroides pardalis Temminck & Schlegel 1850 Synonym
Tetraodon pardalis Temminck & Schlegel 1850 Synonym

🗺️ Global Occurrence Map

Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 2 records indexed .

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