Shallow waters
Coral reefs
The puffer fish (also known as the blowfish and the
toadfish) is a medium-sized species of fish that lives in
warmer, coastal waters around the world. The puffer fish
is most well known for it's unique adaptations that the
puffer fish has to defend itself.
Most are found in tropical and subtropical ocean waters,
but some species live in brackish and even fresh water.
Omnivores
Puffer fish mainly feed on the algae that grows on
the rocks and coral and also the invertebrates that
inhabit these areas. Large species of puffer fish will
also eat shellfish such as shrimp and crabs and
molluscs.
Baby puffer fish start feeding on algae, small shrimp
when they're a week old, and finally regular-sized
food when possible.
Eggs have been seen to hatch after five days at 27 °C (81 °F).
initially feeding on algae, small shrimp when they're a week
old, and finally regular-sized food when possible.
The puffer male fish has to perform for the female fish by
blowing up big and shrinking small very fast. The female
puffer fish is then surprised and releases her eggs, at
200mph.
The male fish dies because he's to tired, leaving the female
fish to care for the chiclets.
Male blowfish push their females to the water
surface to breed. The eggs float and hatch after
roughly 4 days.
In their first 10 days, larvae are covered with a hard
shell, with metamorphosis into a true fish occurring
in about 3 weeks. As the blowfish fry mature, they
move closer to the shore and become adults.
Blowfish live from 5 to 10 years.
Puffer fish are known to be the second – most
poisonous vertebrate in the world, after the Golden
Poison Frog.
Some predators, such as tiger sharks and sea
snakes, are unbothered by the puffer fish’s poison.
There are more than 120 species of pufferfish
worldwide.
Tetraodontidae is the scientific name for puffer fish.
Size relative to a tea cup
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