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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.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal. Temperate
Northwest Pacific: west of Tsushima, Japan to the East China and Yellow seas.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 55.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 559)
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Morphology | Morphometrics
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Masuda, H. and G.R. Allen, 1993. Meeresfische der Welt - Groß-Indopazifische Region. Tetra Verlag, Herrenteich, Melle. 528 p. (Ref. 9137)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 125652)
Threat to humans
Poisonous to eat (Ref. 9137)
Human uses
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82805): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.02239 (0.00916 - 0.05471), b=2.90 (2.72 - 3.08), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-BS (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.4 ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179): Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Moderate to high vulnerability (47 of 100) .
Climate Vulnerability (Ref.
125649): (0 of 100) .
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 33.8 [12.0, 74.7] mg/100g ; Iron = 0.3 [0.2, 0.6] mg/100g ; Protein = 18.3 [16.1, 20.7] % ; Omega3 = 0.489 [0.232, 0.971] g/100g ; Selenium = 20.2 [10.4, 41.7] μg/100g ; VitaminA = 6.97 [2.11, 21.15] μg/100g ; Zinc = 0.476 [0.318, 0.732] mg/100g (wet weight);