Takifugu oblongus
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
| Family: | Tetraodontidae |
| Genus: | Takifugu |
| Species: | T. oblongus
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| Takifugu oblongus (Bloch, 1786)
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Takifugu oblongus,[2] known as the oblong blowfish or lattice blaasop, is a species of pufferfish in the family Tetraodontidae. It is native to the Indo-Pacific, where it ranges from South Africa to Indonesia, Japan, and Australia. It lives primarily in coastal marine environments, although it is known to enter brackish water. The species reaches 40 cm (15.8 inches) SL.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Kottelat, M. (2013). The Fishes of the Inland Waters of Southeast Asia: A Catalogue and Core Bibliography of the Fishes Known to Occur in Freshwaters, Mangroves and Estuaries. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 2013, Supplement No. 27: 1–663.
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Takifugu oblongus (Bloch, 1786)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2021). "Takifugu oblongus". FishBase.
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