Scientific Name
Triodon macropterus

Common Name
Threetooth puffer

Biology
Dorsal soft rays : 10-12; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 9 - 10. Body yellowish-brown; belly flap white except for a yellow area around a black blotch. The 2.0 cm recruit differs from the adult in the structure of its viscera, most strikingly by the presence of the very large distended stomach, lacking in the adult.

Classification

Classified By

Lesson, 1831

Class

Ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii)

Order

Puffers and Filefishes (Tetraodontiformes)

Family

Three-toothed puffer (Triodontidae)

Distribution

Region

Indo-West Pacific

Distribution

Indo-West Pacific: East Africa to the Philippines, north to Japan, south to Australia and New Caledonia. Recently reported from Tonga .

Range

Unknown

Environment

Climate

Tropical

Water Temperature From

Unknown °C

Water Temperature To

Unknown °C

Depth From - meters

50 m

Depth To - meters

300 m

Zone

reef-associated

Environment

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 50 - 300 m

Trophic Level

3.14 s.e. 0.27 Based on food items.

Occurs in Marine / Salt water

True

Occurs in Brackish water

False

Occurs in Fresh Water

False

Occurs on Reefs

True

Is kept in Aquariums

False

Physical Size and Genetics

Maximum Length

54.0 cm

Common Length

Unknown cm

Phylogenetic Diversity Index

PD50 = 1.5000 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Human Uses and Population

Human Uses

Unknown

Vulnerability

Low to moderate vulnerability (27 of 100)

Resilience

Unknown

Threat To Humans

Harmless

IUCN Red List Status

Not Evaluated