Puffers

Puffers are fish that can swallow water and puff up. Do they puff up with air? They can if they are out of water. Being fish, they are usually in the water unless someone catches them.

Blackblotched Porcupinefish – ヒトヅラハリセンボン

Blackblotched Porcupinefish (Diodon liturosus) ヒトヅラハリセンボン – size 45cmBlackblotched Porcupinefi...

2025.06.23

Ocean Puffer – クマサカフグ

Ocean Puffer (Lagocephalus lagocephalus) クマサカフグ – size 61cmThis small puffer I found inside a ...

2025.05.17

Ambon Puffer – ゴマフキンチャクフグ

Ambon Puffer (Canthigaster amboinensis) ゴマフキンチャクフグ – size 13cmThe Ambon Puffer is found from A...

2025.04.27

Hawaiian Crown Toby – Pu’u olai

Hawaiian Crown Toby (Canthigaster coronata) Pu’u olai – size 13cmThe Hawaiian Crown Toby...

2025.04.27

Whitespotted Pufferfish – ミゾレフグ –  ‘O’opu hue

Whitespotted Pufferfish (Arothron meleagris) ミゾレフグ – ‘O’opu hue – Guineafowl...

2025.04.27

Hawaiian Whitespotted Toby

Hawaiian Whitespotted Toby (Canthigaster jactator) size 9cmThe Hawaiian Whitespotted Toby is an ende...

2025.04.27

Starry Puffer モヨウフグ

Starry Puffer (Arothron stellatus) モヨウフグ (size 100cm)The Starry Puffer is a large puffer with black ...

2024.11.15

Immaculate Puffer カスミフグ

Immaculate Puffer (Arothron immaculatus) カスミフグ (size 30cm)The Immaculate Puffer looks much like the ...

2024.09.02

Blackspot Toby カザリキンチャクフグ

Blackspot Toby (Canthigaster bennetti)  カザリキンチャクフグBlackspot Toby are small 10cm with a black spot un...

2024.04.07

Blackspotted Puffer コクテンフグ

Blackspotted Puffer (Arothron nigropunctatus) コクテンフグBlackspotted puffers get to 30 cm, have scattere...

2024.04.07

Grass Puffer クサフグ

Grass Puffer (Takifugu niphobles) クサフグThe Grass Puffer is small (15 cm) and lives in the seaweed. Th...

2024.04.07

Longspined Porcupinefish ハリセンボン

Longspined Porcupinefish (Diodon holocanthus) ハリセンボンLongspined Porcupinefish have long spines and ge...

2024.04.07

Maze Toby

Maze Toby (Canthigaster rivulata) キタマクラThe Maze Toby is small getting to 15 cm. Enoshima Maze Toby a...

2024.04.07

Narrowlined Puffer スジモヨウフグ

Narrowlined Puffer (Arothron manilensis) スジモヨウフグThe Narrowlined Puffer gets to 30cm I have seen them...

2024.04.07

Spotted Burrfish イシガキフグ

Spotted Burrfish (Chilomycterus reticulatus) イシガキフグThe Spotted Burrfish is large getting up to 75 cm...

2024.04.07

Spotted Porcupinefish ネズミフグ

Spotted Porcupinefish (Diodon hystrix) ネズミフグThe Spotted Porcupinefish has sharp spines. When inflate...

2024.04.07

Stripebelly Puffer サザナミフグ

Stripebelly Puffer (Arothron hispidus) サザナミフグ has a striped belly, white spots and a dark circle aro...

2024.04.06

Valentin’s Pufferfish シマキンチャクフグ

Valentin’s Pufferfish (Canthigaster valentini) シマキンチャクフグ are small puffers (10 cm) with smooth...

2024.04.06