Ephippion guttifer: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Tetraodontiformes
- Family
- Tetraodontidae
- Genus
- Ephippion
- Species
- Ephippion guttifer
- Scientific Name
- Ephippion guttifer
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Ephippion
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.
...Ephippion guttifer in languages:
- English
- Bennett's Pufferfish
- English
- Bennett's Puffer
- Portuguese
- Baiacu-cauda-de-vela
- Russian
- Эфиппион
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