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The fugu (河豚; 鰒; フグ) in Japanese, bogeo (복어; -魚) or bok (복) in Korean, and hétún (河豚; 河魨) in Standard Modern Chinese [a] is a pufferfish, normally of the genus Takifugu, Lagocephalus, or Sphoeroides, or a porcupinefish of the genus Diodon, or a dish prepared from these fish. Fugu possesses a potentially fatal poison ...
Takifugu, also known by the Japanese name fugu (河豚, lit. "river pig"), is a genus of pufferfish with 25 species, most of which are native to salt and brackish waters of the northwest Pacific, but a few species are found in freshwater in Asia or more widely in the Indo-Pacific region.
The species is known from the Sea of Japan, East China Sea and Yellow Sea north to southern Sakhalin, at depths of 10–135 m (33–443 ft).It is a demersal species. . Spawning occurs in estuaries; young fish can tolerate a wide range of salinities and will remain in river mouths and lagoons, maturing for one year before migrating permanently to the ope
Prized commercial fish. Ruby snapper (Sacré chien rouge) Pink to red on upper part, but silvery pink on sides and lower part. Inside of mouth is red. Large eyes. Scales are absent on dorsal and anal fins. Deep-sea carnivorous fish. Caught with line. Good sporting fish. Piscivorous 50–80 cm. Prized commercial fish.
Its length is up to 40 cm. It is an edible species, and is commonly eaten in Japan, where it is referred to as yorito fugu, and has a lower concentration of tetrodotoxin compared to other species of pufferfish prepared and eaten as fugu, but caution is needed as its liver contains dangerous levels of the toxin, and must not be eaten. [2] [3]
Takifugu obscurus [7] or the obscure pufferfish is a species of euryhaline, [8] anadromous pufferfish first described by T. Abe in 1949. [2] [3] It has been categorized by the IUCN as a least-concern species globally since 2014; [9] in South Korea, it is however classified as an endangered species due to overfishing of its endemic populations. [10]
Takifugu flavidus, [1] commonly known as the yellowbelly pufferfish, is a species of pufferfish in the family Tetraodontidae.It is native to the Yellow Sea, the East China Sea, and the Bohai Sea, where it is found near shore.
Takifugu porphyreus, [1] known as the purple puffer, is a species of pufferfish in the family Tetraodontidae.It is native to the Northwest Pacific, where it ranges from Hokkaido to the East China Sea.