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Ephippion guttifer

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Actinopterygii

Genus
  
Ephippion Bibron, 1855

Rank
  
Species

Subphylum
  
Vertebrata

Family
  
Tetraodontidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Tetraodontiformes

Ephippion guttifer

Similar
  
Tetraodontiformes, Guinean puffer, Spiny blaasop

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.

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Ephippion guttifer Wikipedia