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Masked puffer

Arothron diadematus

Synonyms: Красноморский аротрон

Genus Arothron. Family Tetraodontidae.

Masked puffer — Photographs 1
Masked puffer.
Photo: Diego Delso / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

Description

The masked puffer (Arothron diadematus) is a pufferfish in the family Tetraodontidae.

Traits

Danger
flesh

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Photographs

Masked puffer — Photographs 2
Masked puffer. Zoological illustration (detail of a plate).
Cretzschmar, Philipp Jakob; Heyden, Carl Heinrich Georg von; Leuckart, … (Rüppell, Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Afrika) / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Links

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