Tetraodontidae

Prickly puffer

Ephippion guttifer

Eighty Centimeters Pufferfish of the Atlantic Ocean

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Atlantic Ocean
• Africa
• Large
• Tropical fish

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.