Prickly puffer (Ephippion guttifer)

Scientific name: Ephippion guttifer Bennett, 1831

Prickly puffer (Ephippion guttifer)

The Prickly puffer (Ephippion guttifer) is a brackish-water fish of the family Tetraodontidae. Native range: Eastern Atlantic, Gibraltar and extreme western Mediterranean southward along the entire west coast of Africa to Angola, near Benguela.

Biology

Common in shallow coastal waters, also in estuaries, bays and lagoons, as well as in offshore trawling stations. Feeds on crabs, echinoids and mollusks. Occurs over hard substrate.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Ephippion guttifer
Family
Tetraodontidae (Puffers)
Order
Tetraodontiformes (Puffers and Filefishes)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
80.0
Common length
55.0
Depth range
10–100 m (33–328 ft)
Environment
Marine; brackish; demersal; depth range 10 - 100 m
Climate
Subtropical
Distribution
Eastern Atlantic: Gibraltar and extreme western Mediterranean southward along the entire west coast of Africa to Angola, near Benguela.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: commercial; gamefish: yes
Resilience
Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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