Prickly puffer (Ephippion guttifer)

General data
- Main name: Prickly puffer
- Climates: Tropical
- Habitat: Saltwater
- Native: Africa
- Distribution: Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Guinea
Classification
- Genus: Ephippion - Ephippion
- Family: Tetraodontidae - Puffers
- Order: Tetraodontiformes - Puffers and filefishes
- Class: Teleostei - Ray-finned fishes
- Superclass: Osteichthyes - Bony fishes
Description
Ephippion guttifer, commonly known as the prickly puffer, is a species of pufferfish native to the coasts of the eastern Atlantic Ocean from Gibraltar to Angola. This species grows to a length of 80 centimetres (31 in) TL. It is of importance to commercial fisheries and is popular as a gamefish. This species has the ability to get prickly when it puffs up. It is the only known member of the monotypic genus Ephippion.