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Tylerius
Tylerius spinosissimus , the spiny blaasop, is a species of pufferfish. Originally native to the Indian Ocean, the southwestern Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean along the coast of South Africa, it has colonised the Mediterranean Sea as a Lessepsian migrant. This species grows to a length of 12 centimetres (4.7 in) TL. It is the only species in its genus.
1 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 1 known species
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 92709.