Fahaka pufferfish

Tetraodon lineatus

Fish Reaching Forty Three Centimeters in the Nile Basin

Tropical
Regional distribution
Africa
Deep-bodied
Medium
Tropical fish

The fahaka pufferfish (from Arabic: فهقة), also known as the Nile puffer, globe fish, lined puffer (Tetraodon lineatus), is a tropical freshwater pufferfish found in the upper Nile, Chad, Senegal, Gambia, Geba, Volta and Turkana basins in West, Northeast and East Africa.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Puffers, Triggerfishes, and Allies
Family: Tetraodontidae
Genus: Tetraodon
Maximum length: 43 cm
Body shape: deep_bodied
Distribution: Africa: Nile basin (Ref. 28714 , 58460 ), Chad (Ref. 367 , 57417 ), Senegal, Gambia, Geba, Volta River basins (Ref. 57417 ). Also found in Lake Turkana in Kenya (Ref. 52331 ).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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