The record of sphoeroides pachygaster reveals the presence of the species in the strait of messina central mediterranean sea. Morphometric relationships of sphoeroides pachygaster pisces. Proceedings of the nova scotian institute of science, 351, 2932. Tetraodontidae with extensive hyperostosis from the pliocene of north carolina. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. The new records were found in 10 countries as follows. Pdf the record of sphoeroides pachygaster reveals the presence of the species in the strait of messina central mediterranean sea. A somewhat bluntheaded fish with heavy jaws forming a beak of 2. Itis col worms cloffa actinopterygii rayfinned fishes tetraodontiformes puffers and filefishes tetraodontidae puffers tetraodontinae etymology. Sphoeroides species sphoeroides testudineus name synonyms sphaeroides testudineus linnaeus, 1758 tetraodon ammocryptus gosse, 1851 tetraodon testudineus linnaeus, 1758 homonyms sphoeroides testudineus linnaeus, 1758 common names baiacu in portuguese baiacudecroa in. Sphoeroides testudineus, checkered puffer fishbase.
It measured 280 mm of total length and weighed 461. The content relevant to the puffer can be found on page 54. Morphometric measurements mm and meristic counts were reported in this paper. They exhibit a remarkable diversity in body forms and size, skeletal structures, ecology, and genome size tyler, 1980, brainerd et al. Upper side grey or brown with poorly defined black spots and saddles. Northern puffer sphoeroides maculatus northern puffer sphoeroides maculatus. Please visit the instructions for authors page before submitting a manuscript. Basic morphometric relationships of the puffer fish sphoeroides pachygaster of the strait of sicily mediterranean. Sphoeroides testudineus juvenile picture by gasparini, j. Sampling was conducted at two habitat types posidonia oceanica meadows and rocky reefs that occur at sites of different. For each species, one to five individuals were dissected and their livers were immediately frozen and preserved at. Sphoeroides pachygaster, gymnothorax moringa, pseunes pellucidus and.
Sphoeroides pachygaster, mediterranean sea, strait of sicily, morphometry. Northern puffer sphoeroides maculatus carolina beach. The article processing charge apc for publication in this open access journal is 2000 chf swiss francs. Details a new puffer fish, sphoeroides parvus, from the. Pdf first confirmed record of the blunthead puffer, sphoeroides. The fishes of ascension island, central atlantic ocean. An sphoeroides pachygaster in nahilalakip ha genus nga sphoeroides, ngan familia nga tetraodontidae. Comparative histochemical analysis of intestinal glycoconjugates in the blunthead pufferfish sphoeroides pachygaster and grey triggerfish balistes capriscus teleostei. The blunthead puffer, sphoeroides pachygaster muller and troschel, 1848 pisces.
Eat puffer and you may suffer florida department of. The file is a pdf with information about other fish located inside. Species were classified according to their establishment status questionable. Pdf on the occurrence of the blunthead puffer, sphoeroides. Assessment of fish communities in a mediterranean mpa. Pdf sphoeroides pachygaster pisces tetraodontidae in. On the occurrence of the blunthead puffer, sphoeroides pachygaster osteichthyes. Eat puffer and you may suffer southern puffer sphoeroides nephelus bandtail puffer sphoeroides spengleri checkered puffer sphoeroides testudineus marbled puffer sphoeroides dorsalis although puffer fish is a popular dish in some regions, eating southern puffer can make you sick. The efficacy of a mediterranean marine protected area national marine park of zakynthos nmpz, ionian sea, greece that implements a seasonal notake zone as part of its management scheme was assessed using fish data collected in situ with underwater visual census. Sphoeroides spengleri bloch, 1785 frequent synonyms misidentifications. Sphoeroides pachygaster male picture by cambraia duarte, p. Please also credit our data donor institutions data content compiled and maintained by hendrickson lab ichthyology collection at the university of texas at austin and licensed under a creative commons attributionnoncommercialsharealike 3. Proceedings of the biological society of washington.
The present finding represents the first occurrence of the species in the central tyrrhenian sea and the third specimen recorded in the whole tyrrhenian basin. The blunt head puffer sphoeroides pachygaster was recorded in the mediterranean basin for the first time from balearic islands off the spanish coast in 1979 oliver 1981, and this species has. Puffer fish are one of those fish that has a multitude of names depending on what part of the world one is from. Prilog poznavanju ksenoraznolikosti zivotinja duz obale. This page was last edited on 19 october 2019, at 15. Body usually with prickles prickles often not exposed, but present beneath tiny pores in the integument. The orthoptera species file is a taxonomic database of the worlds orthoptera grasshoppers, locusts, katydids and crickets, both living and fossil. Tetraodontidae, in the strait of messina central mediterranean. This page was last edited on 8 december 2014, at 07. Fishes of texas project, the university of texas at austin. Morphometric measurements mm and meristic counts were reported in.
Sounds produced by teleost fishes are an important component of marine soundscapes, making passive acoustic monitoring pam an effective way to map the presence of vocal fishes with a minimal impact on ecosystems. Text is available under the creative commons attributionsharealike license. One specimen of smooth puffer, sphoeroides pachygaster, was caught by a bottom trawler off the coast of anzio in the central tyrrhenian sea. Sphoeroides parvus shipp and yerger 1969 least puffer taxonomic status. Animals, vertebrates fishes bony fishes other bony fishes.
Tetraodontidae off the algerian coast southwestern mediterranean. In southeast brazil captured between 50 and 145 m ref. Tiny jetblack pepper spots about 1 mm in diameter scattered over most of pigmented surface, particularly evident on cheeks. The blunthead puffer, sphoeroides pachygaster, is a pufferfish of the family tetraodontidae, found circumglobally in tropical and temperate seas, at depths between 50 and 500 m. The approximately 430 extant species of tetraodontiforms froese and pauly, 2012, represent one of the most morphologically and ecologically diverse radiations of spinyrayed fishes tyler, 1980. On the occurrence of the blunthead puffer, sphoeroides. The blunthead puffer, sphoeroides pachygaster muller and. The moving wall represents the time period between the last issue available in jstor and the most recently published issue of a journal. A new puffer fish, sphoeroides parvus, from the western gulf of mexico, with a key to species of sphoeroides from the atlantic and gulf coasts of the united states.
Bloch, 1792 sphoeroides spengleri bloch, 1792 diagnosis. Bean, 1882 southern puffer sphoeroides nitidus griffin, 1921 sphoeroides pachygaster j. In rare instances, a publisher has elected to have a zero moving wall, so their current issues are available. Actinopterygii rayfinned fishes tetraodontiformes puffers and filefishes tetraodontidae puffers tetraodontinae etymology. Characterization and evolutionary analysis of tributyltin. Th has fished this species at ascension island and has a photo of it taken there. Sphoeroides parvus shipp and yerger, 1969 tsn 173299 unique identifier. A bluntheaded fish with heavy jaws forming a beak of 2 teeth in both upper and. Chilomycterus reticulatus linnaeus, 1758 spotfin burrfish. First confirmed record of the blunthead puffer, sphoeroides pachygaster osteichthyes. Pdf first confirmed record of the blunthead puffer. Food composition and feeding habits of little tunny. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. It has full synonymic and taxonomic information for more than 28,530 valid species, 46,630 scientific names, 221,000 citations to 14,800 references, 103,900 images, 1700 sound recordings, and.
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