Polyspina piosae, commonly known as the orangebarred puffer, is a species of pufferfish endemic to the coast of western Australia. This species is the only known member of its genus.
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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 pleurogramma — poisonous
- Amblyrhynchote honckenii — poisonous
- Torquigener squamicauda — poisonous
- Sphoeroides parvus — considered poisonous
- Chelonodon kappa — poisonous
- Contusus brevicaudus — poisonous
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Tetraodontiformes
- Family
- Tetraodontidae
- Genus
- Polyspina
- Species
- Polyspina piosae
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