Tag: Pufferfish

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Blackspotted Puffer
A marine pufferfish with a rounded body of gray, whitish, or brownish coloration and numerous black spots. Often has a dark spot at the base of the pectoral fin. Inflates when threatened. Contains tetrodotoxin.
Arothron nigropunctatus
Map pufferfish
The map pufferfish (also known as the scribbled puffer) is a large pufferfish with a "map-like" or maze-like pattern of light wavy lines on a grey to greenish-brown background. The skin has no scales but small skin spines. The teeth are fused into a strong "beak" used to crush hard prey (molluscs and crustaceans). When threatened it inflates to look larger; its tissues may contain tetrodotoxin.
Arothron mappa