Description
Also known as Blowfish, Pufferfish, Swelltoad, Toadfish.
Found singly, or in small loose schools, over mud and sand bottoms of coastal and off-shore banks.
They feed on fish and shrimps.
Length - 100cm
Depth - 10-180m
Widespread Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean
The bodies of Pufferfish are covered in a toxic mucus, if the skin or flesh is consumed it can be fatal to humans.
When threatened they will puff up like a football to deter predators. Ref: https://www.fishbase.se/summary/Lagocephalus-laevigatus.html
1 comment
Posted by ErniePeople eat those all the time. I’ve herd there’s no case of fatality on a Atlantic smooth skin puffer. First time hearing the skin in poisonous. It’s usually organs that contain the toxin. Particularly the gall bladder.