Diamondback puffer (Lagocephalus guentheri)

Scientific name: Lagocephalus guentheri Miranda Ribeiro, 1915

Diamondback puffer (Lagocephalus guentheri)

The Diamondback puffer (Lagocephalus guentheri) is a marine fish of the family Tetraodontidae.

Species facts

Scientific name
Lagocephalus guentheri
Family
Tetraodontidae (Puffers)
Order
Tetraodontiformes (Puffers and Filefishes)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
26.0
Environment
Marine; demersal
Climate
Subtropical
Distribution
Indo-West Pacific: Persian Gulf, southern Oman, India, Indonesia, northwestern Australia and the South China Sea. Reported from Japan. Southwest Atlantic: Brazil.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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