Takifugu niphobles és una espècie de peix de la família dels tetraodòntids i de l'ordre dels tetraodontiformes.

Morfologia Els mascles poden assolir 15 cm de longitud total.FishBase Masuda, H. i G.R. Allen, 1993. Meeresfische der Welt - Groß-Indopazifische Region. Tetra Verlag, Herrenteich, Melle. 528 p.

Hàbitat És un peix marí i de clima temperat.

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Observacions No es pot menjar, ja que és verinós per als humans.

Referències

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Matsuura, K., 1990: The pufferfish genus Fugu (Abe, 1952), a junior subjective synonym of Takifugu (Abe, 1949). Bulletin of the National Science Museum Series A (Zoology) v. 16 (núm. 1): 15-20. Matsuura, K., 2001. Tetraodontidae. Puffers. p. 3954-3957. A: K.E. Carpenter i V. Niem (eds.) FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific. Vol. 6. Bony fishes part 4 (Labridae to Latimeriidae). FAO, Roma.

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