Tetraodontidae

spiny blaasop

Tylerius spinosissimus

Pufferfish beneath the South African Coast

• Transcontinental
• Marine fish
• Atlantic Ocean
• Pacific Ocean
• Africa
• East Asia
• Oceania
• Deep-bodied
• Small

The spiny blaasop (Tylerius spinosissimus) is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Tetraodontidae, the pufferfishes. This puffer is native to the Indian Ocean, the southwestern Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean along the coast of South Africa. It has recently been recorded in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea.