Porcupinefish
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Porcupinefishes are medium-to-large fish belonging to the family Diodontidae from the order Tetraodontiformes which are also commonly called blowfishes and, sometimes, balloonfishes and globefishes. T
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Prodiodon, an Eocene-aged fossil porcupinefish from Italy
A porcupinefish in an aquarium
A dead porcupinefish with clearly visible spines on the shore
Tetrodotoxin
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Tetrodotoxin is a potent neurotoxin. Its name derives from Tetraodontiformes, an order that includes pufferfish, porcupinefish, ocean sunfish, and triggerfish; several of these species carry the toxin
Porcupinefish
…upper and lower teeth that fuse into a shape of a parrot's beak; they use this beak to eat molluscs and sea urchins. Some species are poisonous, having tetrodotoxin in their internal organs, such as the ovaries and liver. This neurotoxin is at least 1,200 times more potent than cyanide. The poison is produced by…
A Chinese pharmacopoeia, 1930.