Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range 10 - 200 m (Ref. 121768). Tropical; 36°N - 34°S, 24°E - 154°E
Indo-West Pacific: Algoa Bay, South Africa to southern Japan and Australia.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm 30.0 range ? - ? cm
Max length : 90.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 559)
Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12 - 14; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 10 - 12. Dorsal part of body without prickles, belly covered with prickles (Ref. 559). Greenish or dark grey above, silvery white below (Ref. 4919). Distinguished from other Lagocephalus species by the black gill opening (Ref. 559).
Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep.
Found in the shelf edge (Ref. 11230). Closely resembles the Atlantic species L. laevigatus Linnaeus which reaches southern Angola (Ref. 4919).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Smith, M.M. and P.C. Heemstra, 1986. Tetraodontidae. p. 894-903. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 4919)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Poisonous to eat (Ref. 559)
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