Torquigener pleurogramma, commonly known as the weeping toadfish or blowie, is a species of fish in the family Tetraodontidae. It is found in the coastal waters of Australia. Its flesh is highly toxic.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
Poisonous. The note covers its whole family. Pufferfish; tetrodotoxin in liver, ovaries and skin Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Torquigener squamicauda — poisonous
- Torquigener flavimaculosus — poisonous
- Amblyrhynchote honckenii — poisonous
- Takifugu flavipterus — poisonous
- Takifugu oblongus — poisonous
- Polyspina piosae — poisonous
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Tetraodontiformes
- Family
- Tetraodontidae
- Genus
- Torquigener
- Species
- Torquigener pleurogramma
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