70036853 - Fugu-Restaurant in the evening, Pufferfish restaurant, Tokio, Japan, Asia13776348 - A close look at the face of a blackspotted puffer or dog-faced puffer (Arothron nigropunctatus); Yap, Federated States of Micronesia71441299 - Giant Puffer, Arothron stellatus, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia71441300 - Giant Puffer, Arothron stellatus, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia70078495 - Spotted Sharpnose Puffer, Canthigaster punctatissima, Mexico, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, La Paz70128213 - Blackspotted puffer, Arothron nigropunctatus, Sudan, Africa, Red Sea71328791 - Black-spot puffer fish in front of gorgonians, Arothron nigropunctatus, New Ireland, Papua New Guinea70078337 - Map puffer, Arothron mappa, Bali, Indian Ocean, Indonesia71021345 - Fingerprint Toby, Canthigaster compressa, Ambon, Moluccas, Indonesia70078492 - Brown puffer, Sphoeroides marmoratus, Mexico, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, La Paz71325249 - Silver-cheeked toadfish, Lagocephalus sceleratus. Young animal. Similar to other puffer fishes, the silver-cheeked toadfish is extremely poisonous if eaten because it contains tetrodotoxin in its ovaries and to a lesser extent its skin, muscles and liver, which protects it from predators. This deadly substance causes paralysis of voluntary muscles, which may cause its victims to stop breathing or induce heart failure. Fatal intoxications have been reported. Distributed in the Red Sea, Persian Gulf and Indo-West Pacific , this species is now one of the most invasive fish species for the Mediter71325248 - Silver-cheeked toadfish, Lagocephalus sceleratus. Similar to other puffer fishes, the silver-cheeked toadfish is extremely poisonous if eaten because it contains tetrodotoxin in its ovaries and to a lesser extent its skin, muscles and liver, which protects it from predators. This deadly substance causes paralysis of voluntary muscles, which may cause its victims to stop breathing or induce heart failure. Fatal intoxications have been reported in Egypt and Israel. Persian Gulf
