Pufferfish derive their name from their ability to inflate themselves with water or air when startled. Simply enter your gender age height and current weight and well display your ideal body weight in an easy to read ideal weight chart. Almost all pufferfish contain tetrodotoxin a substance that makes them foul tasting and often lethal to fish. The tetraodontidae are a family of primarily marine and estuarine fish of the order tetraodontiformesthe family includes many familiar species which are variously called pufferfish puffers balloonfish blowfish blowies bubblefish globefish swellfish toadfish toadies honey toads sugar toads and sea squab. 143 to 186 lbs. Pufferfish porcupinefish puffers kingdom animalia phylum chordata class osteichthyes order tetraodontiformes family tetraodontidae puffers diodontidae porcupinefish genus species tetraodontidae.
4ft 11 59 94 to 119 lbs. To humans tetrodotoxin is deadly up to 1200 times more poisonous than cyanide. Puffer fishs height and weight. One of the most intriguing of all fish in the sea the puffer fish can intake water quickly to expand several sizes larger. If there is any information missing we will be updating this page soon. If you any have tips or corrections please send them our way.
Were currently in process of confirming all details such as puffer fishs height weight and other stats. Adult puffer fish weigh 20 to 30 pounds 9 to 135 kg. 119 to 138 lbs. Depending on the type of puffer fish the size can be 35 inches and the weight can be 20 30 lbs. 7 genera 18 species. This frightens off predators that might otherwise eat the fish.
4ft 10 58 91 to 115 lbs. 29 genera 191 species diodontidae. They are morphologically similar to the closely related porcupinefish which. Not only does our free online calculator look at whether your female or male and child teenager or adult it also takes into account your personal activity body type and overall genetic make up. Figure 8 puffer eyespot pufferfish. 191 to 258 lbs.
This is a very successful defensive mechanism because its harder to swallow a fish thats ballooning in size.
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