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Takifugu niphobles (Jordan & Snyder, 1901)

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Hong Kong country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Reported from Starfish Bay, Kei Ling Ha Lo Wai, Wong Chuk Wan, Sha Ha, and Nam Wai (Ref. 125515). Also reported from the Cape D'Aguilar Marine Reserve (Ref. 129329). Sometimes enter estuaries, eventually rivers and streams. Reported from the Tai Ho stream in Lantau Island (Ref. 129476). Also Ref. 94637.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/hk.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Ni, I.-H. and K.-Y. Kwok, 1999
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Grass puffer, 黑点多纪鲀, 星点多纪鲀, ... more

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

Teleostei (teleosts) > Tetraodontiformes (Puffers and filefishes) > Tetraodontidae (Puffers) > Tetraodontinae
Etymology: Takifugu: A Japanese word with several meanings; taki = waterfall + fugu = fish; it could be also understood as taki = to be cooked in liquid + fugu = a venomous fish.
  More on authors: Jordan & Snyder.

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

Marine; demersal.   Temperate

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