Is it venomous or poisonous?
Considered venomous. Public sources list it as such; we have not verified this individually. The note covers its whole family. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Aphos porosus — considered venomous
- Halobatrachus didactylus — considered venomous
- Porichthys plectrodon — considered venomous
- Porichthys notatus — considered venomous
- Kathetostoma laeve
- Astroscopus guttatus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Batrachoidiformes
- Family
- Batrachoididae
- Genus
- Porichthys
- Species
- Porichthys porosissimus
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