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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.
The family includes about 18 species. They are sometimes collectively called pufferfish, [3] not to be confused with the morphologically similar and closely related Tetraodontidae, which are more commonly given this name. They are found in shallow, temperate, and tropical seas worldwide.
The checkered puffer ranges from Rhode Island to Florida, Bermuda, and the southeast Gulf of Mexico to the southeastern coasts of Brazil (Robins & Ray 1986). It is common in bays, seagrass beds, tidal creeks, mangrove swamps, and into freshwater areas (Figueiredo & Menezes 2000). The checkered puffer is distributed throughout the IRL.
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]
Sphoeroides trichocephalus, the pygmy puffer, is a species of marine pufferfish native to the Central American coast of the Pacific Ocean, and can be found from La Serena, Chile to San Carlos, Mexico. [2] S. trichocephalus are a demersal species, commonly found on soft substrates in shallow bays and coves at depths
Sphoeroides annulatus (bullseye puffer) is a species in the family Tetraodontidae, or pufferfishes. It is found in the eastern Pacific Ocean from California , USA to Pisco , Peru and the Galápagos Islands .
Canthigaster rostrata, commonly known as the Caribbean sharp-nose puffer, is a pufferfish from the Western Central Atlantic. The Caribbean sharp-nose puffer is a small fish with a maximum length of 12 cm or approximately 4.7 inches. [ 2 ]
The long-spine porcupine fish is an omnivore that feeds on mollusks, sea urchins, hermit crabs, snails, and crabs during its active phase at night. [5] They use their beak combined with plates on the roof of their mouths to crush their prey such as mollusks and sea urchins that would otherwise be indigestible.