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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11 - 14; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 9 - 12. Body without prickles and covered with small rounded elevations of skin. Pale brown with many blackish spots dorsally; white ventrally. Pectoral, dorsal and anal fins dull orange; caudal fin blackish .: short and / or deep.
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Marine; demersal. Temperate Northwest Pacific: Hakodate, Japan to the East China and Yellow seas.
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | Panther puffer |
| 🏳️Catalan | Peix bola pantera |
| 🇯🇵Japanese | Higan-fugu · Higanfugu · ヒガンフグ |
| 🇰🇷Korean | 졸복 |
| 🇵🇹Portuguese | Baiacu-pantera · Fugu-pantera |
| 🇷🇺Russian | Собака-рыба гладкая пятнистая |
| 🇪🇸Spanish | Fugu pantera |
| Scientific Name | Author | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fugu pardalis | Temminck & Schlegel | 1850 | Synonym |
| Sphoeroides pardalis | Temminck & Schlegel | 1850 | Synonym |
| Tetraodon pardalis | Temminck & Schlegel | 1850 | Synonym |
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