Blunthead puffer

Blunthead puffer
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Tetraodontiformes
Family:	Tetraodontidae
Genus:	Sphoeroides
Species:	S. pachygaster
Binomial name
	Sphoeroides pachygaster; (J. P. Müller & Troschel, 1848)
Synonyms
	Tetraodon pachygaster; Liosaccus pachygaster; Liosaccus aerobaticus; Sphoeroides cutaneus; Sphoeroides dubius;

The blunthead puffer, Sphoeroides pachygaster, is a pufferfish of the family Tetraodontidae, found circumglobally in tropical and temperate seas, at depths between 50 and 500 m. Its length is up to 40 cm. It is an edible species, and is commonly eaten in Japan, where it is referred to as 'yorito fugu', and has a lower concentration of tetrodotoxin compared to other species of pufferfish prepared and eaten as fugu. However, its liver contains dangerous levels of the toxin, and must not be eaten.^[1]^[2]

References[]

^ "Fugu Freakout: Don't Eat The Blowfish, Japanese Officials Warn". NPR.org. Retrieved 2021-09-09.
^ Rainey, Clint (2018-01-17). "Japanese City Activates Emergency Alert System After Store Sells Deadly Blowfish". Grub Street. Retrieved 2021-09-09.

Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2012). "Sphoeroides pachygaster" in FishBase. April 2012 version.
Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8

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[1] "Fugu Freakout: Don't Eat The Blowfish, Japanese Officials Warn". NPR.org. Retrieved 2021-09-09.

[2] Rainey, Clint (2018-01-17). "Japanese City Activates Emergency Alert System After Store Sells Deadly Blowfish". Grub Street. Retrieved 2021-09-09.

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