Amblyrhynchotes honckenii
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| Amblyrhynchotes honckenii at Two Oceans Aquarium, Cape Town, South Africa. | |
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Amblyrhynchotes honckenii (Bloch, 1785), known as the evileye pufferfish, evileye puffer or evileye blaasop, is a species of fish on the genus Amblyrhynchotes.[1]
It is native to the Indo-West Pacific,[1] from South Africa to China,[2] and was first described by Marcus Elieser Bloch in 1785.[2] It is classed as being of "Least Concern" on the IUCN Red List.[3]
Its flesh is poisonous to humans and other animals.[1]
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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