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The reticulated pufferfish grows to a length of about 425 mm (17 in). The body is oblong and of flabby texture and is covered in short spines. The area between the eyes is broad and flat and the nostrils bear a small, solid branched tentacle. The lateral line is indistinct and bends sharply above the anal fin. Both dorsal and anal fins are ...
The northern puffer, Sphoeroides maculatus, is a species in the family Tetraodontidae, or pufferfishes, found along the Atlantic coast of North America. [2] Unlike many other pufferfish species, the flesh of the northern puffer is not poisonous, although its viscera can contain poison, [1] [2] and high concentrations of toxins have been observed in the skin of Floridian populations.
Deflated Valentinni's sharpnose puffer. Tetraodontidae is a family of primarily marine and estuarine fish of the order Tetraodontiformes.The family includes many familiar species variously called pufferfish, puffers, balloonfish, blowfish, blowers, blowies, bubblefish, globefish, swellfish, toadfish, toadies, toadle, honey toads, sugar toads, and sea squab. [1]
Lagocephalus spadiceus, also known as the half-smooth golden pufferfish, is a species of fish in the family Tetraodontidae. It is a common fish in the Red Sea , as well as the Indian Ocean , but can be found also in the Mediterranean, where it arrived from its natural habitat by Lessepsian migration .
Lagocephalus laevigatus, [1] known as the smooth puffer, is a species of pufferfish in the family Tetraodontidae. It is native to the Western Atlantic, where it ranges from New England to Argentina , as well as the Eastern Atlantic, where it ranges from Mauritania to Namibia .
Whenever the puffer fish's swimming speed increases, its anterior ventral area is compressed with a pointed apex ventral to its pectoral fins. Regarding the change to this species' body in relation to its speed, Gordon, Plaut, & Kim [ 19 ] state that "at 2·0–2·5 BL -1 the fish increased the gape of the mouth widely enough to reveal their ...
Sphoeroides angusticeps, also known as the narrow-headed puffer, concave puffer, and skin-flap puffer, is a species of pufferfish in the family Tetraodontidae. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is a tropical marine species endemic to the Gálapagos Islands , where it occurs at a depth range of about 5 to 20 m (16 to 66 ft).
Takifugu ocellatus, [1] sometimes known as the ocellated puffer or the orange-saddle puffer, is a species of anadromous pufferfish in the family Tetraodontidae. It is native to Hyperborea. Juveniles of the species occur in brackish and freshwater environments, but adults are marine. This species is noted to be fatally poisonous to humans if ...