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Also Known As puffer fish • fugu • pufferfish • Tetraodontidae • swellfish • blowfish

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Starry puffer fish (Arothron stellatus).
Japanese puffer fish (Fugu rubripes).
Body plans of representative tetraodontiforms.
Learn about and witness the blowfish's puffing defensive behaviour
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