Yellow-eyed Puffer (Arothron immaculatus)

Yellow-eyed Puffer, a reference photo — Photo: Elias Levy · CC BY 2.0 (licence)

Arothron immaculatus, the immaculate puffer or yellow-eyed puffer, is a pale greyish to brownish pufferfish from the Indo-West Pacific. It is a species of marine fish in the family Tetraodontidae.

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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

Omegophora armilla — poisonous

Classification

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Tetraodontidae
Genus: Arothron
Species: Arothron immaculatus

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