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Order Ray-finned fishes 🍽️ 63 Edible 🎣 20 Game Fish 🐠 37 Aquarium ⚠️ 69 Venomous

Pufferfishes and allies

Tetraodontiformes

An order of marine and brackish water fish known for their elaborate body forms and often toxic flesh.

Families
11
Species
430
Max Length
337 cm
Max Weight
211.0 kg
Avg Trophic
3.31
Threatened
2

🌐 Geographic Distribution

Mexico
52 spp.
Mozambique
49 spp.
Seychelles
43 spp.
Mauritius
40 spp.
Kenya
36 spp.
Brazil
32 spp.
United States
29 spp.
Colombia
23 spp.
Cuba
23 spp.
PR
21 spp.

🔬 Ecology & Feeding

omnivore
100%
1
Shallowest
0 m
Deepest
2,000 m

🌍 Habitat Distribution

🌊 Marine
383
💧 Freshwater
31
🔄 Diadromous
8
🌿 Brackish
2

🛡️ Conservation Status Distribution

LC
DD
Least Concern 292
Near Threatened 7
Vulnerable 8
Endangered 6
Critically Endangered 1
Data Deficient 53