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  • Rough Golden Puffer, 1 of 6
    Photo 1 of 6

    (c) Jiayuan Lin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

  • Rough Golden Puffer, 2 of 6
    Photo 2 of 6

    (c) Michael Verdirame, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

  • Rough Golden Puffer, 3 of 6
    Photo 3 of 6

    (c) Pradip Patade, all rights reserved

  • Rough Golden Puffer, 4 of 6
    Photo 4 of 6

    (c) Pradip Patade, all rights reserved

  • Rough Golden Puffer, 5 of 6
    Photo 5 of 6

    (c) John Barkla, some rights reserved (CC BY)

  • Rough Golden Puffer, 6 of 6
    Photo 6 of 6

    (c) Jiayuan Lin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Rough Golden Puffer

Lagocephalus lunaris

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About

Lagocephalus lunaris, also known as the lunartail puffer, is a species of fish in the family Tetraodontidae. It lives in areas in the Indo-Pacific, and its habitat is areas in coastal marine waters, up to depths of 150 meters deep in sandy bottoms, coastal reefs, estuaries and mangroves. This fish is listed as least concern, due to it overlapping many marine protected areas. It has a max length up to 45 centimeters in length, and eats...

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