tobie or ???
- Thread starter salty
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By the way... this fish doesn't blow itself up like the Puffer fish... when stressed it excretes a highly toxic venom that will kill any fish in the vicinity!!! Reason I know about this is that I once had a very beautiful Reef Aquarium.... until one day I put a pissed-off Boxy in the tank....
leonard williams
Senior Member
reefs,they always ask you,maybe you should be sealines investigator!keep it up
leonard williams
Senior Member
how do you join in the sealine team?
Little Green Fish
Sealiner
Guys
Still looking and thus far found this to be the closest to the pic (salty take better pic's next time bru, will make it easier to find your fishies), anyhow, will see if I can't get a closer to the pic fishie.....
Check the distribution list (I took it that it was caught of the KZN coast)....
[size=+2]Canthigaster[/size] [size=+2]bennetti [/size] (Bleeker, 1854)
Family:
Tetraodontidae (Puffers)
picture (Caben_u1.jpg) by Randall, J.E.
AquaMaps | Point map
Order:
Tetraodontiformes (puffers and filefishes)
Class:
Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name:
Bennett's sharpnose puffer
Max. size:
10.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 4919)
Environment:
reef-associated; marine; depth range 1 – 12 m
Climate:
tropical; 23°N - 32°S
Importance:
Resilience:
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months(Preliminary K or Fecundity.)
Distribution:
Gazetteer
Indo-Pacific: East Africa south to Port Alfred, South Africa (Ref. 4919) and east to Tuamoto Islands, north to southern Taiwan, south to New South Wales. Reported from Tanabe Bay, Japan (Ref. 559).
Biology:
Inhabits inner reef flats and sheltered lagoons. A common inshore species, often on algal or silty reefs and among attached Sargassum on shallow rubble flats (Ref. 48637). Feeds mainly on filamentous green algae and to a lesser extent on fleshy and coralline red algae and on benthic invertebrates. Monogamous (Ref. 52884).
Red List Status:
Not in IUCN Red List (Ref. 57073)
Dangerous:
harmless
Coordinator:
[size=-1]Matsuura, Keiichi [/size]
Main Ref:
Myers, R.F.. 1991. (Ref. 1602)
LGF
Still looking and thus far found this to be the closest to the pic (salty take better pic's next time bru, will make it easier to find your fishies), anyhow, will see if I can't get a closer to the pic fishie.....
Check the distribution list (I took it that it was caught of the KZN coast)....
[size=+2]Canthigaster[/size] [size=+2]bennetti [/size] (Bleeker, 1854)
Family:
Tetraodontidae (Puffers)
picture (Caben_u1.jpg) by Randall, J.E.
AquaMaps | Point map
Order:
Tetraodontiformes (puffers and filefishes)
Class:
Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name:
Bennett's sharpnose puffer
Max. size:
10.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 4919)
Environment:
reef-associated; marine; depth range 1 – 12 m
Climate:
tropical; 23°N - 32°S
Importance:
Resilience:
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months(Preliminary K or Fecundity.)
Distribution:
Gazetteer
Indo-Pacific: East Africa south to Port Alfred, South Africa (Ref. 4919) and east to Tuamoto Islands, north to southern Taiwan, south to New South Wales. Reported from Tanabe Bay, Japan (Ref. 559).
Biology:
Inhabits inner reef flats and sheltered lagoons. A common inshore species, often on algal or silty reefs and among attached Sargassum on shallow rubble flats (Ref. 48637). Feeds mainly on filamentous green algae and to a lesser extent on fleshy and coralline red algae and on benthic invertebrates. Monogamous (Ref. 52884).
Red List Status:
Not in IUCN Red List (Ref. 57073)
Dangerous:
harmless
Coordinator:
[size=-1]Matsuura, Keiichi [/size]
Main Ref:
Myers, R.F.. 1991. (Ref. 1602)
LGF
Little Green Fish
Sealiner
Guys
Here's another possibility:
[size=+2]Lagocephalus[/size] [size=+2]lunaris [/size] (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Family:
Tetraodontidae (Puffers)
picture (Lalun_u6.jpg) by Tran, H.H.
Point map
Order:
Tetraodontiformes (puffers and filefishes)
Class:
Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name:
Green rough-backed puffer
Max. size:
45.0 cm SL (male/unsexed; Ref. 559)
Environment:
demersal; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243); brackish; marine
Climate:
tropical
Importance:
fisheries: of no interest
Resilience:
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)
Distribution:
Gazetteer
Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea and Persian Gulf to South Africa, east along the continental shores to western Pacific, from Japan to Australia (Ref. 11441). Southeast Atlantic: south coast of South Africa.
Biology:
Mainly marine, occasionally enters estuaries (Ref. 4833).
Red List Status:
Not in IUCN Red List (Ref. 57073)
Dangerous:
poisonous to eat , Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino. 1984
Coordinator:
[size=-1]Matsuura, Keiichi [/size]
Main Ref:
Smith, M.M. and P.C. Heemstra. 1986. (Ref. 4919)
LGF
Here's another possibility:
[size=+2]Lagocephalus[/size] [size=+2]lunaris [/size] (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Family:
Tetraodontidae (Puffers)
picture (Lalun_u6.jpg) by Tran, H.H.
Point map
Order:
Tetraodontiformes (puffers and filefishes)
Class:
Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name:
Green rough-backed puffer
Max. size:
45.0 cm SL (male/unsexed; Ref. 559)
Environment:
demersal; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243); brackish; marine
Climate:
tropical
Importance:
fisheries: of no interest
Resilience:
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)
Distribution:
Gazetteer
Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea and Persian Gulf to South Africa, east along the continental shores to western Pacific, from Japan to Australia (Ref. 11441). Southeast Atlantic: south coast of South Africa.
Biology:
Mainly marine, occasionally enters estuaries (Ref. 4833).
Red List Status:
Not in IUCN Red List (Ref. 57073)
Dangerous:
poisonous to eat , Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino. 1984
Coordinator:
[size=-1]Matsuura, Keiichi [/size]
Main Ref:
Smith, M.M. and P.C. Heemstra. 1986. (Ref. 4919)
LGF
