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Takifugu rubripes, commonly known as the Japanese puffer, Japanese pufferfish, Tiger puffer, or torafugu (Japanese: 虎河豚), is a pufferfish in the genus Takifugu. It is distinguished by a very small genome that has been fully sequenced because of its use as a model species and is in widespread use as a reference in genomics.
Takifugu, also known by the Japanese name fugu (河豚, lit. "river pig"), is a genus of pufferfish with 25 species, most of which are native to salt and brackish waters of the northwest Pacific, but a few species are found in freshwater in Asia or more widely in the Indo-Pacific region.
Takifugu in a tank. The fugu (河豚; 鰒; フグ) in Japanese, bogeo (복어; -魚) or bok (복) in Korean, and hétún (河豚; 河魨) in Standard Modern Chinese [a] is a pufferfish, normally of the genus Takifugu, Lagocephalus, or Sphoeroides, or a porcupinefish of the genus Diodon, or a dish prepared from these fish.
With pufferfish heading north to seek cooler waters, sibling species of the fish have begun to inter-breed, triggering a sudden increase in the number of hybrid fish. Climate change creates mutant ...
Japanese instant noodle giant Nissin Foods released the new pufferfish flavor on Monday, expanding its massive lineup. The noodles sell for a recommended price of 298 yen ($1.90).
Takifugu exascurus [1] is a species of pufferfish in the family Tetraodontidae. It is a marine species native to the Northwest Pacific, where it occurs in the waters surrounding Japan, including the Sea of Japan. It reaches 15 cm (5.9 inches) SL and is known as ムシフグ (Mushifugu) in Japanese. [2]
Takifugu poecilonotus, the finepatterned puffer, or Komon-fugu (Japanese: 小紋河豚), is a species of pufferfish, one of 25 in the genus Takifugu. It is found in the northwest Pacific Ocean at shallow depths up to 20m. [1] It contains tetrodotoxin like other members of the genus Takifugu. [2]
Takifugu porphyreus, [1] known as the purple puffer, is a species of pufferfish in the family Tetraodontidae. It is native to the Northwest Pacific, where it ranges from Hokkaido to the East China Sea. It is a demersal species found in the littoral zone that reaches 52 cm (20.5 inches) in total length.