Ephippion
| Prickly puffer | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| 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
[edit]- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Ephippion guttifer". FishBase. October 2012 version.
- ↑ Shao, K.; Matsuura, K.; Leis, J.L.; Hardy, G.; Jing, L.; Liu, M. (2014). "Ephippion guttifer". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014 e.T193758A2272606. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T193758A2272606.en. Retrieved 12 May 2025.
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