Takifugu alboplumbeus

Takifugu alboplumbeus

Puffer fish has poison in its internal organs and skin.

Characteristics

A blowfish about 10 cm long. It is not edible because its internal organs and skin contain puffer poison.

The dark brown back has white spots. There are black spots at the base of the pectoral and anal fins. There are no spots under the eyes and they are white. It has small spines on its abdomen. The tip of the caudal fin is slightly yellow.

Swimming speed is not so fast.

Picture of Takifugu alboplumbeus

Ecology

Inhabits sandy areas and reefs near the coast. Also found in brackish waters. Sometimes it burrows in the sand. They lay eggs all at once on the night of spring tide.

Habitat

Miura Peninsula Arasaki

A few were swimming near the tide pool in Arasaki. There is a feeling of being on the beach.

Niijima Maehama

Dozens of them were swimming in the foreshore sandy area.

Pictures

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Picture of Takifugu alboplumbeus1|Dark brown with white spots.
Dark brown with white spots.
Picture of Takifugu alboplumbeus2|In the sand.
In the sand.
Picture of Takifugu alboplumbeus3|There are black spots at the base of the pectoral and anal fins.
There are black spots at the base of the pectoral and anal fins.
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