Ephippion guttifer (Bennett, 1831) is a animal in the Tetraodontidae family, order Tetraodontiformes, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.
Ephippion guttifer (Bennett, 1831)
The prickly puffer Ephippion guttifer is an 80cm pufferfish from the eastern Atlantic, the only species in its genus.
Ephippion guttifer (Bennett, 1831), commonly called the prickly puffer, is a species of pufferfish. It is native to the coasts of the eastern Atlantic Ocean, ranging from Gibraltar to Angola. This species can reach a total length of 80 centimetres (31 inches). It is commercially important to fisheries and is also popular as a gamefish. When it puffs up, this species becomes prickly. It is the only known member of the monotypic genus Ephippion.
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Pelagocephalus marki Heemstra & Smith, 1981
Arothron mappa (Lesson, 1831)
Arothron reticularis (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Torquigener pleurogramma (Regan, 1903)
Canthigaster jactator (Jenkins, 1901)
Contusus brevicaudus Hardy, 1981
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