Bohadschia similis (Semper, 1868)

Brownspotted sandfish

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050

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Bohadschia similis AquaMaps Data sources: GBIF OBIS

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Bohadschia similis

Classification / Names প্রচলিত নাম সমূহ | প্রতিনাম সমূহ | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Holothuroidea | Holothuriida | Holothuriidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / গভীরতার পরিসীমা / distribution range বাস্তুসংস্থান

রীফ সংশ্লিষ্ট; গভীরতার পরিসীমা 3 - 16 m (সূত্র 81020). Tropical

Distribution দেশ সমূহ | এফ এ ও এলাকাসমূহ | বাস্তুতন্ত্র | দৃষ্টিগোচর | প্রচলন

Indo-Pacific, excluding Hawaii.

Length at first maturity / আকৃতি / Weight / Age

পরিপক্কতা : L_m ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 26.0 cm TL পুরুষ/ লিঙ্গ অনিধর্ারিত ; (সূত্র 122); common length : 18.0 cm TL পুরুষ/ লিঙ্গ অনিধর্ারিত ; (সূত্র 122); সবের্াচ্চ প্রকাশিত ওজন : 800.00 g (সূত্র 122)

Short description বহিঃ অঙ্গ সংস্থান

Mean live weight, 300 to 800 g; body thickness 0.4 cm. Body cylindrical, flattened ventrally (trivium). Bivium smooth and rigid. Podia on bivium long, slender, conical, and irregularly arranged; podia on trivium more numerous, shorter and irregularly arranged on the radii and interradii; calcareous disc of podia around 400 micrometer in diameter. Mouth ventral, surrounded by 20 short tentacles. Anus nearly dorsal, surrounded by 5 groups of radial papillae. Calcareous ring with large radial pieces and narrow interradials having sharp tops. Cuvierian tubules long and large. Variable color among specimens and localities; bivium beige to light brown, showing characteristic brown spots; trivium lighter, yellowish. Spicules on ventral tegument with simple nodules with or without holes and sparse rods giving rise to rosettes; dorsal tegument with rosettes and small biscuit-like plates; ventral podia with variable rods; dorsal podia with x-shaped rods; tops of tentacles with spiny rods.

May be harvested along with other reef flat species, such as Holothuria scabra, when they occur together, but the sticky Cuvierian tubules make the collection and processing disagreeable; Collected by divers. Processed product is not distinguished from those of other Bohadschia species; little commercial value. Found in very shallow waters; occurs in coastal lagoons or inner reef flats, generally burrowing in sandy-muddy bottoms. Populations can reach densities of 0.03 per square meter. Biology poorly known (Ref. 122).