A  large oceanic puffer fish rare in tunisian waters

Abdallah HATTOUR; Izumi NAKAMURA; A.  NGUIRA

doi:10.71754/instm.bulletin.v31.779

A large oceanic puffer fish rare in tunisian waters

Authors

Abdallah HATTOUR Université de Carthage. Institut National des Sciences et Technologie de la Mer- INSTM
Izumi NAKAMURA Senior volunteer of Japan International Cooperation Agency
A. NGUIRA Ministère de l’Agriculture des ressources hydrauliques et de la pêche Administration. Commissariat Régional de Développement Agricole -CRDA. Nabeul

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.71754/instm.bulletin.v31.779

Keywords:

Animal morphology, Geographical distribution, Meristic counts, Lagocephalus lagocephalus, Tetraodontidae, Marine, Tunisia, Bizerte Lagoon

Abstract

On January and April, 2004, 4 large oceanic puffer fish (total length 45 to 73.5 cm with body weight 1.12 to 3.2 kg) was caught by the small trammel net, off Tunisian coasts (gulf of Tunis, Monastir and Salakta) and brought into INSTM for the identification. It is a fish belonging to the family of Tetraodontidae, Lagocephalus lagocephalus (Linnaeus). This paper is dealing with the description and some measurement and meristic characters of this specie, which is not a common animal, fished by the Tunisian professional fishermen.

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Published

2004-10-18

How to Cite

HATTOUR A, NAKAMURA I, NGUIRA A. A large oceanic puffer fish rare in tunisian waters. Bull. Inst. Natl. Sci. Technol. Mer [Internet]. 2004 Oct. 18 [cited 2025 Apr. 30];31:133-5. Available from: https://www.instm-bulletin.tn/index.php/bulletin/article/view/779