Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Description
- 📏 up to 50 cm
- 🌊 lagoons, reef slopes
The guineafowl puffer is shown here in its dark form: brown-black, spotted with white. There is also a yellow form, presented on the next page. It can inflate its body with water when threatened. Its flesh contains tetrodotoxin, which is highly toxic.
Did you know?
In Tahitian: huehue ʻereʻere.
Source: TAXREF vernacular database
Tahitian names: TAXREF (INPN/MNHN) – Society Islands. French name: Tétrodon moucheté.
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