Silverstripe blaasop

Lagocephalus sceleratus

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth19–86 m
Water temperature19–29 °C
Best monthsJanuary, September, and October
How commonCommon

About this species

Lagocephalus sceleratus - gotronus, commonly known as the silver-cheeked toadfish, or Sennin-fugu, or Gotronu, is an extremely poisonous marine bony fish in the family Tetraodontidae.

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 135 records
February: 86 records
March: 53 records
April: 74 records
May: 40 records
June: 79 records
July: 24 records
August: 117 records
September: 188 records
October: 216 records
November: 71 records
December: 47 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 19–86 m · Deepest record: 405 m

0–10 m: 31 records
10–20 m: 83 records
20–30 m: 142 records
30–40 m: 181 records
40–50 m: 119 records
50–60 m: 131 records
60–70 m: 118 records
70–80 m: 54 records
80–90 m: 65 records
90–100 m: 20 records
100–110 m: 14 records
110+ m: 49 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 19–29 °C

18–20 °C: 1 records
20–22 °C: 7 records
22–24 °C: 23 records
24–26 °C: 39 records
26–28 °C: 123 records
28–30 °C: 25 records

Names and classification

English: Silverstripe blaasop, Giant Toadfish, Giant Toado, North-west Blowfish, Silver-checked Toadfish, silvercheek blaasop, Silver-cheeked toadfish, Silver Puffer, Silver Pufferfish, silverstripe blaasop, Silver-stripe Pufferfish, Silver Toadfish

Names in 4 more languages

German: Hasenkopf-Kugelfisch, Silber-Kugelfisch
French: Ballon à bande argentée, Ballon scélérat, Ballon à bande argentée, Poisson-ballon à bande argentée
Japanese: Senninfugu, センニンフグ
Simplified Chinese: 仙人河魨, 凶兔頭魨, 圓斑扁尾魨, 有毒兔頭魨, 氣規, 沙規仔, 規仔

Other scientific names: Fugu sceleratus, Gastrophysis sceleratus, Gastrophysus sceleratus, Gastrophysus scleratus, Lagocephalus scleratus, Pleudranacanthus sceleratus, Pleuranacanthus sceleratus, Spheroides sceleratus, Sphoeroides sceleratus, Sphoeroides scleratus, Tetraodon bicolor, Tetraodon blochii, Tetraodon sceleratus, Tetrodon sceleratus

Similar species

Golden Toadfish
Lagocephalus lunaris
Diamondback Puffer
Lagocephalus guentheri
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).
1,445 open-data records from 1788 to 2022.

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