FB-61194 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=61194 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Anguilliformes Ophichthidae Hemerorhinus Hemerorhinus heyningi (Weber, 1913) Blåmundet kuglefisk West African sharpnose-puffer Canthigaster rostrata (non Bloch, 1786) 2003-09-24 2013-02-13 Breder, C.M. and D.E. Rosen0 Modes of reproduction in fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. 941 p. (Ref. 205) Tortonese, E.0 Tetraodontidae. p. 1341-1347. In P.J.P. Whitehead, M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen, E. Tortonese (eds.) Fishes of the north-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean, UNESCO, Paris Vol. 3. (Ref. 10001) Debelius, H.0 Fischführer Mittelmeer und Atlantik. Jahr Verlag GmbH & Co., Hamburg. 305 p. (Ref. 34514) Moura, R.L. and R.M.C. Castro0 Revision of Atlantic sharpnose pufferfishes (Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae: <i>Canthigaster</i>), with description of three new species. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 115(1):32-50. (Ref. 43205) Wirtz, P., A. Brito, J.M. Falcón, R. Freitas, R. Fricke, V. Monteiro, F. Reiner and O. Tariche0 The coastal fishes of the Cape Verde Islands - new records and an annotated check-list. Spixiana 36(1):113-142. (Ref. 94080) Petersen, P.0 Danish names and photos and other species information. Pers. Comm. (Ref. 130676) FB-GeneralDescr-61203 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 2003-09-25 00:00:00 2013-07-15 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=61203 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Occurs in reefs (Ref. 43205). Moura, R.L. and R.M.C. Castro 2002 Revision of Atlantic sharpnose pufferfishes (Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae: <i>Canthigaster</i>), with description of three new species. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 115(1):32-50. (Ref. 43205) FB-DiagnosticDescr-61203 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 2003-09-25 00:00:00 2005-01-24 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=61203 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Presence of a conspicuous dark spot resembling an ocellus on the dorsal portion of the trunk anteroventral to origin of dorsal fin, the dorsal portion of this spot extending to the dorsal fin origin. Lacks conspicuous dark stripes along the sides of the body, bearing only two to four irregular lines that extend from the caudal peduncle to about a vertical through the dorsal fin base (Ref. 43205). Moura, R.L. and R.M.C. Castro 2002 Revision of Atlantic sharpnose pufferfishes (Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae: <i>Canthigaster</i>), with description of three new species. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 115(1):32-50. (Ref. 43205) FB-Morphology-61203 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 2003-09-25 00:00:00 2005-01-24 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=61203 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 9 Moura, R.L. and R.M.C. Castro 2002 Revision of Atlantic sharpnose pufferfishes (Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae: <i>Canthigaster</i>), with description of three new species. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 115(1):32-50. (Ref. 43205) FB-Distribution-61203 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 2003-09-25 00:00:00 2025-11-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=61203 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Eastern Central Atlantic: known only from off Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana. May be more widespread along the tropical African coast. Moura, R.L. and R.M.C. Castro 2002 Revision of Atlantic sharpnose pufferfishes (Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae: <i>Canthigaster</i>), with description of three new species. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 115(1):32-50. (Ref. 43205) FB-LifeCycle-61203 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 2003-09-25 00:00:00 2013-07-15 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org//Reproduction/FishReproSummary.php?ID=61203&StockCode=50986 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Oviparous (Ref. 205). Breder, C.M. and D.E. Rosen 1966 Modes of reproduction in fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. 941 p. (Ref. 205) FB-Size-61203 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 2003-09-25 00:00:00 2013-07-15 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=61203 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats 3.9 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 43205)) Moura, R.L. and R.M.C. Castro 2002 Revision of Atlantic sharpnose pufferfishes (Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae: <i>Canthigaster</i>), with description of three new species. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 115(1):32-50. (Ref. 43205) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-61203 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 2003-09-25 00:00:00 2013-07-15 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=61203 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution reef-associated; marine