Smooth Golden Pufferfish

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The Smooth Golden Pufferfish is rounded in cross-section. It has a smooth body with a patch of low spines from the chin to the anus. The two teeth in both jaws form a powerful beak.

This species grows to 30 cm in length.

The body and head are green-brown above, yellow-silver on the sides and white below. The pectoral fin is bright yellow and the anal fin is white.

This species occurs in tropical marine waters of the Indo-Pacific.

In Australia it is known from coastal waters of north-western Western Australia, around the tropical north of the country, and south to the southern coast of New South Wales.

Six species of Lagocephalus are recorded from Australian waters.



A 26 cm long Smooth Golden Pufferfish caught on hook and line at Manly, southern Queensland, September 2003. Photo © C. Power

A 75 cm long Smooth Golden Pufferfish caught on hook and line at a depth of 12 m, near Bribie Island, Queensland, May 2005. Photo © T
 

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