Amblyrhynchotes honckenii

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Amblyrhynchotes honckenii
Amblyrhynchotes honckenii in Two Oceans Aquarium, Cape Town - 2018-07-19 - Andy Mabbett - 04 (cropped).jpg
Amblyrhynchotes honckenii at Two Oceans Aquarium, Cape Town, South Africa

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Tetraodontidae
Genus: Amblyrhynchotes
Species:
A. honckenii
Binomial name
Amblyrhynchotes honckenii
Bloch, 1785[2]

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[]

  1. ^ a b "Amblyrhynchotes honckenii (Evileye Blaasop, Evileye Puffer, Evileye Pufferfish)". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  2. ^ Bloch, M. E.; 1785: D. Marcus Elieser Bloch's, ausübenden Arztes zu Berlin ... Oeconomische Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische Berlin. Parts 1-3: 522pp. BHL
  3. ^ a b c "Evileye pufferfish Amblyrhynchotes honckenii". Two Oceans Aquarium. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Amblyrhynchotes honckenii summary page". FishBase. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
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