Fahaka pufferfish

Tetraodon lineatus

Fish Reaching Forty Three Centimeters in the Nile Basin

Tropical
Regional distribution
Africa
Deep-bodied
Medium
Tropical fish

The fahaka pufferfish (from Arabic: فهقة), also known as the Nile puffer, globe fish, lined puffer (Tetraodon lineatus), is a tropical freshwater pufferfish found in the upper Nile, Chad, Senegal, Gambia, Geba, Volta and Turkana basins in West, Northeast and East Africa.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Puffers, Triggerfishes, and Allies
Family: Tetraodontidae
Genus: Tetraodon
Body shape: deep_bodied