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Lagocephalus sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789)

Silver-cheeked toadfish
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Croatia country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: introduced
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Lessepsian migrant, first specimen (sexually mature female 66.3 cm TL, 3531 g) caught in October 2012 on the northern side of Jakljan I.,southern Adriatic Sea. The second specimen (49.2 cm TL, 1422 g) was collected from Tribunj (middle eastern Adriatic) last 17 March 2013 (Ref. 96695).
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Dulčić, J., B. Dragičević, N. Antolović, Kozul, V. Sulić-Sprem and R. Grgičevic, 2014
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Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Tetraodontiformes (Puffers and filefishes) > Tetraodontidae (Puffers) > Tetraodontinae
Etymology: Lagocephalus: Greek, lagos = hare + Greek, kephale = head (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Gmelin.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 18 - 100 m (Ref. 11441).   Tropical; 40°N - 40°S, 16°E - 124°W

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