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{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}
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| imagename = Prickly puffer
| binomialimage = ''Ephippion guttifer'' crop.JPG
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| genus_authorityparent_authority = [[Gabriel Bibron|Bibron]], 1855
| image_caption =
[[ca:| taxon = Ephippion guttifer]]
| status = NE
| binomial_authorityauthority = ([[Edward Turner Bennett|E. T. Bennett]], 1831)
| status_system = iucn3.1
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]]
| subphylum = [[Vertebrate|Vertebrata]]
| classis = [[Actinopterygii]]
| ordo = [[Tetraodontiformes]]
| familia = [[Tetraodontidae]]
| genus = '''''Ephippion'''''
| genus_authority = [[Gabriel Bibron|Bibron]], 1855
| species = '''''E. guttifer'''''
| binomial = ''Ephippion guttifer''
| binomial_authority = ([[Edward Turner Bennett|E. T. Bennett]], 1831)
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'''''Ephippion guttifer''''', commonly known as the '''Pricklyprickly 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 itsthe [[monotypic genus]] '''''Ephippion'''''.
 
==References==
* {{FishBase species |genus= Ephippion |species= guttifer| month = October | year = 2012}}
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[[Category:Tetraodontidae]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Gabriel Bibron]]
 
[[Category:Monotypic fish genera]]
 
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