1. Start
  2. Fishes
  3. Pufferfishes/Globefishes
  4. Torquigener
  5. Torquigener flavimaculosus
Anzeige
Fauna Marin GmbH aquarioom.com Meerwasseraquaristik.net Tropic Marin Professionell Lab Meerwasser24.de

Torquigener flavimaculosus Red Sea Pufferfish, Yellowspotted puffer

Torquigener flavimaculosusis commonly referred to as Red Sea Pufferfish, Yellowspotted puffer. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Has a poison harmful to health.

Profilbild Urheber Dr. John Ernest (Jack) Randall (†), Hawaii

Copyright J.E. Randall, Foto aus dem Roten Meer


Courtesy of the author Dr. John Ernest (Jack) Randall (†), Hawaii . Please visit hbs.bishopmuseum.org for more information.

Uploaded by AndiV.

Image detail

Profile

lexID:
8432 
AphiaID:
219962 
Scientific:
Torquigener flavimaculosus 
German:
Rotmeer-Kugelfisch, Gelbpunkt-Kugelfisch 
English:
Red Sea Pufferfish, Yellowspotted Puffer 
Category:
Pufferfishes/Globefishes 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Tetraodontiformes (Order) > Tetraodontidae (Family) > Torquigener (Genus) > flavimaculosus (Species) 
Initial determination:
Hardy & Randall, 1983 
Occurrence:
Kuwait, Suez-Kanal, Vereinigte Arabische Emirate, Arabian Sea, Bahrain, Cyprus, East Africa, Egypt, Greece, Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Oman / Oman, Israel, Jordan, Kenya, Lessepsian migrant, Levantine Sea (Mediterranean), Lybia, Mascarene Islands, Quatar, Red Sea, Réunion , Saudi Arabia, Syrian Arab Republic, Tansania, The Aegan Sea (Mediterranean), the Mediterranean Sea, the Seychelles, Turkey, Western Indian Ocean, Zanzibar 
Sea depth:
3 - 75 Meter 
Size:
5.12" - 6.3" (13cm - 16cm) 
Temperature:
71.6 °F - 80.6 °F (22°C - 27°C) 
Food:
Clams, Crustaceans, Schrimps, Snails 
Difficulty:
There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Has a poison harmful to health 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Least concern (LC)  
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2021-11-03 10:11:41 

Toxicity

This is a general hint!
Torquigener flavimaculosus has a harmful toxin.
As a rule, animals with a harmful poison do not pose mortal danger in normal Aquarieaner everyday life. Read the following husbandry information and comments from aquarists who already keep Torquigener flavimaculosus in their aquarium to get a better picture about the possible danger. However, please be careful when using Torquigener flavimaculosus. Every human reacts differently to poisons.
If you suspect that you have come into contact with the poison, please contact your doctor or the poison emergency call.
The phone number of the poison emergency call can be found here:
[overview_and_url_DE]
Overview Worldwide: eapcct.org

Info

Hardy & Randall, 1983

Torquigener flavimaculosus is a recent emigrant to the Mediterranean Sea via the Suez Canal.
The pufferfis is a reef-associated species and it lives in a depth range of 3 to 57 meters.

Poisonous to eat!

Synonym:
Torquigener flavimaculatus Hardy & Randall, 1983

Scientific paper

  1. Observations on the burrowing behaviour of the Dwarf Blaasop, Torquigener flavimaculosus (Osteichthyes: Tetraodontidae) along the coast of Fethiye, Turkey, Bilecenoğlu, Murat, 2005

External links

  1. FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Occurrence of puffer fishes (Tetraodontidae) in the eastern Mediterranean, Egyptian coast - filling in the gap (en). Abgerufen am 03.11.2021.
  3. Spatio-temporal distribution of pufferfish (Tetraodontidae) along the Turkish coast of the Mediterranean Sea (en). Abgerufen am 03.11.2021.
  4. The first record of Torquigener flavimaculosus (Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae) from Libya (en). Abgerufen am 03.11.2021.
  5. Torquigener flavimaculosus Hardy and Randall, 1983 (Pisces: Tetraodontidae) off Rhodes island marine area: a new alien fish in the Hellenic waters (en). Abgerufen am 03.11.2021.
  6. WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

Pictures

Commonly

Copyright J.E. Randall, Foto aus dem Roten Meer
1
Flavimaculosus Puffer - Torquigener flavimaculosus Zypern 2019
Flavimaculosus Puffer - Torquigener flavimaculosus Israel 2020
Flavimaculosus Puffer - Dwarf blaasop - Torquigener flavimaculosus Israel 2015
Puffer Fish

Husbandry know-how of owners

0 husbandary tips from our users available
Show all and discuss