Takifugu vermicularis
Takifugu vermicularis, the purple puffer, is a species of pufferfish native to the northwest Pacific Ocean where it occurs in the waters around China, Taiwan, the Republic of Korea and Japan. This species is of commercial importance though the flesh is toxic. This species grows to a length of 30 centimetres (12 in) SL.[1]
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
| Family: | Tetraodontidae |
| Genus: | Takifugu |
| Species: | T. vermicularis |
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References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2012). "Takifugu vermicularis" in FishBase. October 2012 version.
- Santhanam, Ramasamy (2017-12-22). Biology and Ecology of Toxic Pufferfish. CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-315-34179-8.
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