Diamondback Puffer

Lagocephalus guentheri

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth10–100 m
Water temperature19–30 °C
Best monthsMay, June, and September
How commonRare

About this species

The diamondback puffer is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Tetraodontidae, the pufferfishes. This puffer is native to the western Indian Ocean, including the Red Sea, from where it has colonised the Eastern Mediterranean, likely via the Suez Canal.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Diamondback puffer”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 2 records
February: 4 records
March: 1 records
April: 5 records
May: 7 records
June: 7 records
July: 5 records
August: 1 records
September: 8 records
October: 2 records
November: 2 records
December: 0 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 10–100 m · Deepest record: 177 m

0–10 m: 1 records
10–20 m: 1 records
20–30 m: 1 records
30–40 m: 4 records
40–50 m: 3 records
50–60 m: 1 records
60–70 m: 2 records
70–80 m: 1 records
80–90 m: 1 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 1 records
110+ m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 19–30 °C

18–20 °C: 3 records
20–22 °C: 6 records
22–24 °C: 13 records
24–26 °C: 10 records
26–28 °C: 7 records
28–30 °C: 10 records

Names and classification

English: Diamondback Puffer, Diamond-back Pufferfish

Names in 1 more languages

Simplified Chinese: 貢氏兔頭魨

Other scientific names: Lagocephalus guntheri

Similar species

Silverstripe blaasop
Lagocephalus sceleratus
Golden Toadfish
Lagocephalus lunaris
Bristly puffer
Arothron hispidus
Guineafowl puffer
Arothron meleagris
Narrow-lined toadfish
Arothron immaculatus
Narrow-lined Puffer
Arothron manilensis

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
127 open-data records from 1900 to 2010.

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