Northern puffer
A species of Common puffers, Also known as Green eye, Fugu, Puffer, Swellfish Scientific name : Sphoeroides maculatus Genus : Common puffers
Northern puffer, A species of Common puffers
Also known as:
Green eye, Fugu, Puffer, Swellfish
Botanical name: Sphoeroides maculatus
Genus: Common puffers
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Description
The northern puffer (Sphoeroides maculatus) lives along the Atlantic coast of North America. Though the bodies of other pufferfish are poisonous, the northern puffer's flesh can be eaten (carefully, as its organs are still poisonous) and it is sold in markets as "sea squab." Like all puffers, this fish will inflate itself when threatened by drawing air or water into a special pouch near its stomach.
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Photo By Smithsonian Environmental Research Center , used under CC-BY-2.0 /Cropped and compressed from original 
Scientific Classification
Phylum
Chordates Class
Fish Order
Cowfishes Family
Pufferfish Genus
Common puffers Species
Northern puffer 
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