Biology:Spiny blaasop

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Short description: Species of fish

Tylerius spinosissimus
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Tetraodontidae
Genus: Tylerius
Hardy, 1984
Species:
T. spinosissimus
Binomial name
Tylerius spinosissimus
(Regan, 1908)[1]

The spiny blaasop (Tylerius spinosissimus) is a species of pufferfish. Originally native to the Indian Ocean, the southwestern Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean along the coast of South Africa,[2] it has recently colonised the Levantine waters of the Mediterranean Sea, most likely as a Lessepsian migrant [3] from the Red Sea or in ballast water. [4] This species grows to a length of 5–15 cm (max. 20 cm).[2] It is the only species in its genus.[5]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q130558 entry