Pufferfish: Biology, Defense Mechanism, and Marine Adaptations #3469802 (License: Personal Use)

The image shows a fully inflated pufferfish (family Tetraodontidae), its body expanded with water or air and densely covered in erectile spines. Its large, expressive eye and mottled brown-and-cream coloration provide camouflage among coral reefs and sandy seabeds. These fish are renowned for containing tetrodotoxin, one of nature’s most potent neurotoxins, concentrated in their liver and ovaries.

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