Silver Toadfish

Lagocephalus sceleratus

Seabook: Silver Toadfish

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Max Depth

100 m

Description

Lagocephalus sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789), commonly known as Sennin-fugu (Japanese: 仙人河豚), is an extremely poisonous marine bony fish in the family Tetraodontidae (puffer fishes). Habitat and distribution The species is common in the tropical waters of the Indian and Pacific oceans. It is a recent Lessepsian migrant into the ... Read more in Seabook

Locations

Maldives Papua New Guinea Australia West Lebanon Tunisia +32 more in Seabook

Colors

white
black
grey
silver
green
blue

Habitat and Environment

Coral reef

Conservation status

(LC) Least concern

Poisonous

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Edible

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Social Behaviour

Solitary

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