Biology:Takifugu vermicularis
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Short description: Species of fish
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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. vermicularis
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| Takifugu vermicularis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850)
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Takifugu vermicularis, the purple puffer, is a species of pufferfish native to the northwest Pacific Ocean where it occurs in the waters around China , Taiwan, the Republic of Korea and Japan . This species is of commercial importance though the flesh is toxic. This species grows to a length of 30 centimetres (12 in) SL.[1]
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Takifugu vermicularis" in FishBase. October 2012 version.
- ↑ Santhanam, Ramasamy (2017-12-22) (in en). Biology and Ecology of Toxic Pufferfish. CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-315-34179-8. https://books.google.com/books?id=oCtEDwAAQBAJ&dq=Takifugu+vermicularis&pg=PT177.
Wikidata ☰ Q3761812 entry
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