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  2. Northern puffer - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Tetraodontidae - Wikipedia

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    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]

  4. Marine life of New York–New Jersey Harbor Estuary - Wikipedia

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    Northern pipefish (Syngnathus fuscus) Northern sea robin (Prionotus carolinus) Northern puffer (Sphoeroides maculatus)-A member of the blowfish family. Also known as a sugar toad. This is one of the only members of the blowfish family that is nowhere near as toxic as its Japanese and Chinese relatives. However, trying to catch this fish let ...

  5. Sphoeroides - Wikipedia

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    Sphoeroides sechurae (Hildebrand, 1946) (Peruvian puffer) Sphoeroides spengleri (Bloch, 1785) (Bandtail puffer) Sphoeroides testudineus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Checkered puffer) Sphoeroides trichocephalus (Cope, 1870) (Pygmy puffer) Sphoeroides tyleri (Shipp, 1972) (Bearded puffer) Sphoeroides yergeri (Shipp, 1972) (Speckled puffer)

  6. Tetraodontiformes - Wikipedia

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    Tetraodontiformes (/ t ɛ t r ə. ɒ ˈ d ɒ n t ɪ f ɔːr m iː z /), also known as the Plectognathi, is an order of ray-finned fishes which includes the pufferfishes and related taxa. This order has been classified as a suborder of the order Perciformes, although recent studies have found that it, as the Tetraodontoidei, is a sister taxon to the anglerfish order Lophiiformes, called ...

  7. Checkered puffer - Wikipedia

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    The northern puffer is olive-gray with many black spots and 6–7 vertical gray areas on the side (Robins & Ray 1986). It has a black bar between the eyes and prickles on the skin of the tail. S. maculatus grows to a maximum length of 36 cm, slightly larger than the checkered puffer. The southern puffer is similar to S. maculatus, but lacks the ...

  8. Sphoeroides camila - Wikipedia

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    Previously thought to be the bandtail puffer (Sphoeroides spengleri), the species was discovered through DNA analysis. [2] The fish lives in the western Atlantic from northern to southeastern Brazil, and some may be found in the southern Caribbean. [1] [2]

  9. Blackspotted puffer - Wikipedia

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    Arothron nigropunctatus is a small sized fish which grows up to 33 cm (1 ft) length. [2] Its body is oval shape, spherical and relatively elongated. The skin is not covered with scales. The fish has no pelvic fin and no lateral line. The dorsal fin and the anal fin are small, symmetric and located at the end of the body. Its snout is short with ...