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Bony fish

Least Puffer

Sphoeroides parvus

Also known as: Blowfish, Burrowing Puffer, Pufferfish, Swellfish, Swelltoad, Toadfish

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2014
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Adult
@Tylergant077 · Texas, United States · May 20191 / 2
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Overview

Found over shallow, murky waters, of estuaries and coastal shorelines.

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

COLOURS
Pattern
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Behaviour
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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Western Atlantic
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Found over shallow, murky waters, of estuaries and coastal shorelines.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderTetraodontiformes
    5. familyTetraodontidae
    6. genusSphoeroides
    7. speciesSphoeroides parvus Shipp & Yerger, 1969

    SourcesWoRMSFishBase

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