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Ephippion guttifer (Swamp; Prickly puffer; Globefish; Common puffer)

Synonyms: Ephippion guttiferum; Ephippion maculatum; Hemiconiatus guttifer; Tetraodon guttifer; Tetrodon guttifer
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Wikipedia Abstract

Ephippion guttifer, commonly known as the prickly puffer, is a species of pufferfish native to the coasts of the eastern Atlantic Ocean from Gibraltar to Angola. This species grows to a length of 80 centimetres (31 in) TL. It is of importance to commercial fisheries and is popular as a gamefish. This species has the ability to get prickly when it puffs up. It is the only known member of the monotypic genus Ephippion.
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Parasitized by 
Diploproctodaeum ghanense[1]

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♦ 1Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0