Ephippion guttifer
| Ephippion guttifer | |
|---|---|
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| Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
| Family: | Tetraodontidae |
| Genus: | Ephippion Bibron, 1855 |
| Species: | E. guttifer |
| Binomial name | |
| Ephippion guttifer (E. T. Bennett, 1831) | |
Ephippion guttifer, commonly known as the prickly puffer, is a species of pufferfish native to the coasts of the eastern Atlantic Ocean from Gibraltar to Angola. This species grows to a length of 80 centimetres (31 in) TL. It is of importance to commercial fisheries and is popular as a gamefish. This species has the ability to get prickly when it puffs up. It is the only known member of the monotypic genus Ephippion.
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Ephippion guttifer" in FishBase. October 2012 version.
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