Species FAO code: TSP

Sphoeroides pachygaster

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Commercial designations
Production methods and fishing gears
Species distribution and habitat
Species description

Commercial designations

Country	Commercial designations	Names accepted or permitted locally or regionally
Croatia	hr četverozupka	–
Cyprus	el κουνελόψαρο	–

Main production methods

Caught

Main fishing gears

List item: Trawls

Trawls

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Sphoeroides pachygaster (Müller & Troschel, 1848)

Habitat

Saltwater

FAO major fishing areas

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Sphoeroides pachygaster (Müller & Troschel, 1848)

Distribution maps

Source: Aquamaps - Computer Generated Native Distribution Map for Sphoeroides pachygaster

Scientific name

Sphoeroides pachygaster

Author

(Müller & Troschel, 1848)

Rank

Species

FAO code

TSP

Morphological description

Body without prickles (Ref. 559). Brownish above, white below; occasionally with dark spots on flanks (Ref. 4919).

Taxonomic classification

ClassActinopterygii
- OrderTetraodontiformes
  - FamilyTetraodontidae
    - GenusSphoeroides
      - SpeciesSphoeroides pachygaster

Synonyms

Tetraodon pachygaster Müller & Troschel, 1848
Sphoeroides dubius von Bonde, 1923
Liosaccus aerobaticus Whitley, 1928
Liosaccus pachygaster (Müller & Troschel, 1848)
Sphaeroides cutaneus (Günther, 1870)
Sphoeroides cutaneus (Günther, 1870)
Tetrodon cutaneus Günther, 1870
Sphoeroides pachgaster (Müller & Troschel, 1848)
Spheroides dubius von Bonde, 1923
Tetrodon pachygaster Müller & Troschel, 1848
Sphoeroides cutaneous (Günther, 1870)
Liosaccus cutaneus (Günther, 1870)
Thecapteryx lioderma Fowler, 1948

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Sphoeroides pachygaster (Müller & Troschel, 1848)

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Sphoeroides pachygaster

Commercial designations

Main production methods

Main fishing gears

Trawls

Habitat

FAO major fishing areas

Area 21 - Atlantic, Northwest

Area 27 - Atlantic, Northeast

Area 31 - Atlantic, Western Central

Area 34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central

Area 37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea

Area 41 - Atlantic, Southwest

Area 47 - Atlantic, Southeast

Area 51 - Indian Ocean, Western

Area 57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern

Area 61 - Pacific, Northwest

Area 71 - Pacific, Western Central

Area 77 - Pacific, Eastern Central

Area 81 - Pacific, Southwest

Area 87 - Pacific, Southeast

Distribution maps