Amblyrhynchotes honckenii
Amblyrhynchotes honckenii | |
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Amblyrhynchotes honckenii at Two Oceans Aquarium, Cape Town, South Africa | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
Family: | Tetraodontidae |
Genus: | Amblyrhynchotes |
Species: | A. honckenii
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Binomial name | |
Amblyrhynchotes honckenii |
Amblyrhynchotes honckenii, known as the evileye pufferfish, evileye puffer or evileye blaasop, is a species of fish on the genus Amblyrhynchotes.[3]
It is native to the Indo-West Pacific,[3] from South Africa to China,[4] and was first described by Marcus Elieser Bloch in 1785.[4] It is classed as being of "Least Concern" on the IUCN Red List.[1]
Its flesh is poisonous to humans and other animals.[3]
References[]
- ^ a b "Amblyrhynchotes honckenii (Evileye Blaasop, Evileye Puffer, Evileye Pufferfish)". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
- ^ Bloch, M. E.; 1785: D. Marcus Elieser Bloch's, ausübenden Arztes zu Berlin ... Oeconomische Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische Berlin. Parts 1-3: 522pp. BHL
- ^ a b c "Evileye pufferfish Amblyrhynchotes honckenii". Two Oceans Aquarium. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
- ^ a b "Amblyrhynchotes honckenii summary page". FishBase. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Tetraodontidae
- Fish described in 1785
- Fish of South Africa
- Least concern biota of Africa
- Least concern biota of Asia
- Fish of China