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Bony fish

Longnose Puffer

Sphoeroides lobatus

Also known as: Blowfish, Common Puffer, Lobeskin Puffer, Longnose Pufferfish, Pufferfish, Sugar Toad, Swellfish, Swelltoad, Toadfish

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2010
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Overview

Found blending in with the background, over sand, and weedy areas, of shallow, coastal waters, around bays, estuaries, and mangroves.

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 · Eastern Pacific
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Found blending in with the background, over sand, and weedy areas, of shallow, coastal waters, around bays, estuaries, and mangroves.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderTetraodontiformes
    5. familyTetraodontidae
    6. genusSphoeroides
    7. speciesSphoeroides lobatus (Steindachner, 1870)

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    More in the family

    Puffers (Tetraodontidae)