Chrysanthemum puffer fish: Generally speaking, chrysanthemum puffer fish refers to fugu orientalis, with a brownish-yellow back and milky white belly, orange longitudinal folds at the lower edge of the body, brownish-yellow dorsal fin, white anal fin base and mostly brownish-yellow and black caudal fin.

Striped puffer fish: Striped puffer fish generally refers to striped puffer fish, with light blue-gray back, diagonal broadband dark blue, ivory abdomen, obvious orange fins, and blue-black circular spots at the base of dorsal fin and pectoral fin.

I. Chinese scientific names

Chrysanthemum puffer fish generally refers to fugu flavipectus, and striped puffer fish generally refers to fugu flavipectus, namely fugu flavipectus.

Second, the body color.

1. Huang Ju fugu orientalis has a brownish yellow back and a milky white ventral surface. The skin folds at the lower edge of the body have a wide orange-yellow longitudinal band, and sometimes a row of brown spots appear on the lower back of the body. The dorsal fin is brown with black edges. The base of the gluteal fin is white, mostly brown. The caudal fin is black.

2. The striped fugu orientalis has a bluish gray back, several dark blue diagonal broadband (sometimes broken into patches), no chest spots, longitudinal skin folds at the lower edge of the body, and milky white on the ventral surface. There are blue-black oval spots at the base of dorsal fin, blue-black circular spots inside and outside the base of pectoral fin, and the fin is obviously orange.

Third, the appearance characteristics

1. The pectoral fin of fugu flavipectus is in the middle, short and wide, square, with a slightly rounded or semi-shaped rear edge. The caudal fin is wide and the trailing edge is slightly rounded.

2. The pectoral fin of Takifugu striata is in the center, short and wide, inverted trapezoid, and the trailing edge is slightly rounded. The caudal fin is wide and the trailing edge is shallow.

Fourth, value.

The market price of chrysanthemum puffer fish is generally higher than that of striped puffer fish.