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Tetraodontidae (Puffers) > Tetraodontinae
Etymology: Torquigener: Latin, torquere = to twist + Latin, generare = birth, race (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Harold Walter Bell Marley (1872–1945) was Principal Fisheries Officer (1918–1937) at Durban, South Africa, and a naturalist with a particular interest in entomology. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Fowler.
Taxonomic Remarks
This species is a synonym of Torquigener balteus (pers. Comm. Keiichi Matsuura). This record will be removed as soon as the publication 'Fishses of the Western Indian Ocean' is out.
Ambiente: milieu / zona climática / intervalo de profundidade / gama de distribuição
Ecologia
marinhas associadas(os) a recifes. Temperate
Western Indian Ocean: South Africa (endemic to Kwazulu-Natal, off the Thukela River).
Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturidade: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Descrição breve
Chaves de identificação | Morfologia | Morfometria
This species when compared to its similar species, Amblyrhynchotes honckenii, has its mouth below horizontal line through upper end of pectoral fin base, has fewer spinules, belly with numerous longitudinal pleats, and has 7 anal fin-rays and 13-14 pectoral fin-rays (Ref. 58304).
Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep.
Ciclo de vida e comportamento de acasalamento
Maturidade | Reprodução | Desova | Ovos | Fecundidade | Larvas
Heemstra, P.C. and E. Heemstra, 2004. Coastal fishes of Southern Africa. National Inquiry Service Centre (NISC) and South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB), Grahamstown. 488 p. (Ref. 58304)
Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Ameaça para o homem
Harmless
Utilização humana
Pescarias: sem interesse
Ferramentas
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Estimativas baseadas em modelos
Índice de diversidade filogenética (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.02630 (0.01232 - 0.05614), b=2.88 (2.70 - 3.06), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nível Trófico (Ref.
69278): 3.3 ±0.2 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliência (Ref.
120179): Elevada, tempo mínimo de duplicação da população menor que 15 meses (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Vulnerabilidade da pesca (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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