Spiny blaasop

Tylerius spinosissimus

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth88–347 m
Water temperature20–29 °C
Best monthsJune, August, and October
How commonRare

About this species

The spiny blaasop is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Tetraodontidae, the pufferfishes. This puffer is native to the Indian Ocean, the southwestern Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean along the coast of South Africa. It has recently been recorded in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. This species is the only species in the monospecific genus Tylerius.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Spiny blaasop”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 9 records
February: 0 records
March: 6 records
April: 14 records
May: 4 records
June: 18 records
July: 10 records
August: 24 records
September: 7 records
October: 27 records
November: 8 records
December: 5 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 88–347 m · Deepest record: 425 m

0–10 m: 2 records
10–20 m: 0 records
20–30 m: 0 records
30–40 m: 0 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 4 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 6 records
90–100 m: 3 records
100–110 m: 7 records
110+ m: 80 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 20–29 °C

18–20 °C: 1 records
20–22 °C: 1 records
22–24 °C: 5 records
24–26 °C: 20 records
26–28 °C: 81 records
28–30 °C: 33 records

Names and classification

English: Spiny blaasop, Fine-spined Pufferfish, Finespine Puffer, Finespine Pufferfish, prickle blaasop, spiny blaasop

Names in 3 more languages

Spanish: Botete orbe
Japanese: Ibarafugu, イバラフグ
Simplified Chinese: 氣規, 規仔, 長刺泰氏魨

Other scientific names: Amblyrhinchotes spinosissimus, Amblyrhynchotes spinosissimus, Spheroides spinosissimus, Spheroides unifasciatus

Similar species

Bristly puffer
Arothron hispidus
Guineafowl puffer
Arothron meleagris
Silverstripe blaasop
Lagocephalus sceleratus
Narrow-lined toadfish
Arothron immaculatus
Narrow-lined Puffer
Arothron manilensis
Map puffer
Arothron mappa

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
216 open-data records from 1908 to 2023.

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