Amblyrhynchotes honckenii

Amblyrhynchotes honckenii
Amblyrhynchotes honckenii at Two Oceans Aquarium, Cape Town, South Africa.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Tetraodontidae
Genus: Amblyrhynchotes
Species: A.honckenii
Binomial name
Amblyrhynchotes honckenii
Bloch, 1785

Amblyrhynchotes honckenii (Bloch, 1785), known as the evileye pufferfish, evileye puffer or evileye blaasop, is a species of fish on the genus Amblyrhynchotes.[1]

It is native to the Indo-West Pacific,[1] from South Africa to China,[2] and was first described by Marcus Elieser Bloch in 1785.[2] It is classed as being of "Least Concern" on the IUCN Red List.[3]

The flesh is poisonous to humans and other animals.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Evileye pufferfish Amblyrhynchotes honckenii". Two Oceans Aquarium. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Amblyrhynchotes honckenii summary page". FishBase. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  3. ↑ "Amblyrhynchotes honckenii (Evileye Blaasop, Evileye Puffer, Evileye Pufferfish)". Red List. IUCN. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  • Bloch, M. E.; 1785: D. Marcus Elieser Bloch's, ausübenden Arztes zu Berlin ... Oeconomische Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische Berlin. Parts 1-3: 522pp. BHL
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