Puffer fish is a specialty of my country’s coastal areas. Pufferfish resources are extremely abundant in my country. There are 54 species produced along China's coast, with an annual output of about 3 to 4 million tons. They can be caught almost all year round along the coast.
In the Yangtze River and Pearl River, flood seasons occur between spring and summer, and they are one of the main fishery targets along the coast and in the middle and lower reaches of the rivers. In my country, more than 30 species of pufferfish live along the coast from Liaoning to Guangdong, among which the dark-colored pufferfish enters the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, Pearl River and other water systems.
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Classification
1. Oriental puffer fish with insect pattern
Identification characteristics: The dorsal and ventral surfaces are smooth and spineless, and the back of the body is Grayish-brown, with insect-like white patterns, a small chest spot surrounded by white spots, and a yellow longitudinal band on the lower side of the body. The total length is about 30 cm, a small species.
Toxicity: Muscles, skin, and ovaries are all toxic.
2. The transverse striped Oriental pufferfish
Identification characteristics: The dorsal, ventral and sides of the body are densely covered with tiny spines, the back of the body is dark brown, with multiple thin and light-colored horizontal bands, and the lower sides of the body have A yellow vertical band. Total length 25 cm, small to medium size.
Toxicity: Muscles, skin, and ovaries are all toxic.
3. Lead-spotted pufferfish
Identification characteristics: There are weak small spines on the dorsal and ventral surfaces, the back of the body is yellow-brown, with small light-colored spots, and 5 to 6 dark brown horizontal bands. There is a yellow longitudinal band on the lower side of the body. 25 cm in total length, small species.
Toxicity: Muscles, skin, and ovaries are all toxic.
4. The lunar pufferfish
Identification characteristics: strong small spines on the entire back and abdomen, brown-green back of the body, grey-brown or yellow caudal fin, crescent-shaped. Total length 50 cm, medium-sized species.
Toxicity: Muscles, skin, and ovaries are all toxic.
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