WHATSTHATFISH
Bony fish

Grass Puffer

Takifugu niphobles

Also known as: Grass Pufferfish, Grassy Pufferfish, Pufferfish

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2014
Adult
@wuzhong · hainan, China · April 20171 / 1
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Overview

Found singly, or in schools, over brackish waters, and sometimes freshwaters, of harbours, lagoons and coastal reefs.
Depth 1-20m

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.

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How to identify

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Northwest Pacific
  • Exact location · 1
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Found singly, or in schools, over brackish waters, and sometimes freshwaters, of harbours, lagoons and coastal reefs.

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Adult photos 1

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderTetraodontiformes
    5. familyTetraodontidae
    6. genusTakifugu
    7. speciesTakifugu niphobles (Jordan & Snyder, 1901)

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    More in the family

    Puffers (Tetraodontidae)