False puffer (Paraluteres prionurus)

Scientific name: Paraluteres prionurus Bleeker, 1851

False puffer (Paraluteres prionurus)

The False puffer (Paraluteres prionurus) is a marine fish of the family Monacanthidae.

Biology

Dorsal spines (total): 2; Dorsal soft rays (total): 25-28; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 22 - 25. Ranges from pale greenish to dirty white in color; blackish-brown saddles above; normally with a round dark blotch above origin of anal fin; soft dorsal and anal fins hyaline, tips dusky; caudal fin yellowish.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Paraluteres prionurus
Family
Monacanthidae (Filefishes)
Order
Tetraodontiformes (Puffers and Filefishes)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
11.0
Depth range
1–25 m (3–82 ft)
Environment
Marine; reef-associated; non-migratory; depth range 1 - 25 m
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Indo-Pacific: East Africa south to Aliwal Shoal, South Africa and east to Fiji, north to southern Japan, south to the southern Great Barrier Reef and New Caledonia. Recently recorded from Tonga. Replaced by Paraluteres arquat in the Red Sea.
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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