Batrachoides surinamensis

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Batrachoides surinamensis     Pacuma toadfish	Advertisement You can sponsor this page

Batrachoides   surinamensis   (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Family:	Batrachoididae (Toadfishes)			picture (Basur_u0.jpg) by Isaac, V.J. AquaMaps | Point map |
Order:	Batrachoidiformes  (toadfishes)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name:	Pacuma toadfish
Max. size:	57.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 3273); max. published weight: 2,300 g (Ref. 5217)
Environment:	demersal; brackish; marine; depth range ? – 36 m
Climate:	tropical
Importance:	fisheries: commercial; price category: not marketed/unknown
Resilience:	Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)
Vulnerability:	High vulnerability (57.50), based on Lmax and K (Ref. 59153)
Distribution:   Gazetteer	Western Central Atlantic: Honduras to Salvador (Bahia) in Brazil.
Morphology:	Dorsal spines (total): 3 - 3; Dorsal soft rays (total): 28 - 30; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 25 – 27. Supraorbital and interorbital region smooth, without any filament; scaled area on head extending to middle of eye and opercle spine; 9 discrete pores on inner face of pectoral fin; body brown, with black spots and saddle-shaped blotches (Ref. 13608).
Biology:	Mainly in brackish water (Ref. 5217). Found on sandy-muddy bottoms in shallow warm water. Not so active, lingers over the substrate disguised. Feeds on small gastropod mollusks, crustaceans like crabs (Calappidae, Portunidae, Xanthidae, etc.), shrimps (Penaeidae, Palaemonidae, Alphaeidae, etc.) and fishes. Females are mature at around 20 cm length, males at 25 cm. Spawns 400 to 500 eggs, with a size of 4 to 5 mm (Ref. 35237). Marketed fresh.
Red List Status:	Not Evaluated (Ref. 57073)
Dangerous:	harmless
Coordinator:	Collette, Bruce B.
Main Ref:	Collette, B.B.. 1978. (Ref. 3273)
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	Checked: Froese, Rainer	Modified: Sa-a, Pascualita	Entered: Luna, Susan M.

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