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| name = Prickly puffer |
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| status = NE |
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| status_system = iucn3.1 |
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| regnum = [[Animal]]ia |
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| phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] |
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| subphylum = [[Vertebrate|Vertebrata]] |
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| classis = [[Actinopterygii]] |
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| ordo = [[Tetraodontiformes]] |
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| familia = [[Tetraodontidae]] |
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| genus = '''''Ephippion''''' |
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| species = '''''E. guttifer''''' |
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'''''Ephippion guttifer''''', the ''' |
'''''Ephippion guttifer''''', commonly known as the '''prickly puffer''', is a [[species]] of [[tetraodontidae|pufferfish]] native to the coasts of the eastern [[Atlantic Ocean]] from [[Gibraltar]] to [[Angola]]. This species grows to a length of {{convert|80|cm|in}} [[fish measurement|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'''''. |
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==References== |
==References== |
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* {{FishBase |
* {{FishBase |genus= Ephippion |species= guttifer| month = October | year = 2012}} |
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[[Category:Tetraodontidae]] |
[[Category:Tetraodontidae]] |
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[[Category:Taxa named by Gabriel Bibron]] |
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[[Category:Monotypic fish genera]] |
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Latest revision as of 01:51, 31 May 2022
Prickly puffer | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
Family: | Tetraodontidae |
Genus: | Ephippion Bibron, 1855 |
Species: | E. guttifer
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Binomial name | |
Ephippion guttifer (E. T. Bennett, 1831)
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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.) (2012). "Ephippion guttifer" in FishBase. October 2012 version.