词条 | Fahaka pufferfish |
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| name = | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = [1] | image = TetraodonLineatus.JPG | taxon = Tetraodon lineatus | authority = Linnaeus, 1758 }} The fahaka pufferfish (from Arabic: فهقة), also known as the Nile puffer, globe fish, lineatus puffer (Tetraodon lineatus), is a tropical freshwater pufferfish found in the upper Nile, Chad, Senegal, Gambia, Geba, Volta and Turkana basins in West, Northeast and East Africa.[1][2] CharacteristicsFahaka pufferfish can reach up to {{convert|43|cm|ft|abbr=on|1}} in length.[2] Like all puffers they have the ability to inflate when threatened and carry the toxin tetrodotoxin. Fahaka pufferfish, like other molluscivores, feed mainly on benthic organisms which may include freshwater mussels and snails.[2] They are typically found in large rivers, open water, weed beds and vegetated fringes.[2] References1. ^1 {{Cite journal | author = Akinyi, E., Azeroual, A., Bousso, T., Getahun, A. & Lalèyè, P. | title = Tetraodon lineatus | journal = The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species | volume = 2010 | page = e.T181807A7740095 | publisher = IUCN | date = 2010 | url = http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/181807/0 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T181807A7740095.en | access-date = 14 January 2018}} {{Taxonbar|from=Q2419159}}{{DEFAULTSORT:pufferfish, fahaka}}2. ^1 2 3 {{FishBase species | genus = Tetraodon | species = lineatus | year = 2017 | month = January}} 2 : Tetraodon|Fish described in 1758 |
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