Box puffer [Distribution] China's Yellow Sea, East China Sea; Korean Peninsula and Japan. [Morphology] body was wrapped in bony plates, cross-section was square. The fins have no spines. Mature males are brilliant blue spots back, females and juveniles are not. Pupil size in the bone plate has blue-black spots. No pelvic fins. Body color yellow green. Into 15-25 cm long fish. [Habits] of benthic fish. Along the shallow reefs in an area, not in groups, to live alone. Usually the back, anal fin swimming slowly. Staple food of crustaceans, molluscs and other invertebrates. Surface can be venomous. Box puffer its angular body, swimming posture is very interesting. Box puffer only fins, mouth and eyes can move, the body is coated by hard scales, so relies entirely on the fin slowly up and down, front and rear, side to side, like a helicopter swimming. In addition, the body can not be like the other puffer type, can swell or bend, as gills can not be active, always open your mouth only to let the water from the mouth into the Department of gills, a mouth with prominent predator on small animals attached to rocks . [] The economic value of non-toxic meat. Edible. Aquarium fish.
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Box puffer boxfish [Distribution] China's Yellow Sea, East China Sea; Korean Peninsula and Japan. [Morphology] body was wrapped in bony plates, cross-section was square. The fins have no spines. Mature males are brilliant blue spots back, females and juveniles are not. Pupil size in the bone plate has blue-black spots. No pelvic fins. Body color yellow green. Into 15-25 cm long fish. [Habits] of benthic fish. Along the shallow reefs in an area, not in groups, to live alone. Usually the back, anal fin swimming slowly. Staple food of crustaceans, molluscs and other invertebrates. Surface can be venomous. Box puffer its angular body, swimming posture is very interesting. Box puffer only fins, mouth and eyes can move, the body is coated by hard scales, so relies entirely on the fin slowly up and down, front and rear, side to side, like a helicopter swimming. In addition, the body can not be like the other puffer type, can swell or bend, as gills can not be active, always open your mouth only to let the water from the mouth into the Department of gills, a mouth with prominent predator on small animals attached to rocks . [] The economic value of non-toxic meat. Edible. Aquarium fish.
