Tetraodontidae is a family of marine and freshwater fish in the order Tetraodontiformes. The family includes many familiar species variously called pufferfish, puffers, balloonfish, blowfish, blowers, blowies, bubblefish, globefish, swellfish, toadfish, toadies, toadle, honey toads, sugar toads, and sea squab. [1] .

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The slender-spined porcupine fish [1] or globefish [2] (Diodon nicthemerus) is a porcupinefish of the family Diodontidae, found in the waters of southern Australia, as far north as Port Jackson to Geraldton, Western Australia.

As nouns the difference between globefish and pufferfish is that globefish is any of many marine fish in the family tetraodontidae, especially the puffer or sunfish, that can inflate itself to form a globe while pufferfish is...

The FAO Fish Price Index (FPI) is regularly updated and published in GLOBEFISH publications and in the FAO Food Outlook. A selection of graphs showing some species traded in the European market. Have a look at the recently released FAO Major Fishing Areas for Statistical Purposes. It includes subareas and divisions for areas 27 and 37, to p...

A common porcupinefish with 3-4 dark vertical bands or blotches on the sides, and long white to yellowish spines that usually lie flat against the body. When threatened, globefish rapidly inflate themselves with water or air to become spherical in shape.

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Sep 19, 2024 · To commemorate the 40th Anniversary of the FAO GLOBEFISH project, the Fisheries and Aquaculture Division (NFI) of FAO hosted a two-day event entitled “40 Years of the FAO GLOBEFISH Project: Key Highlights and Way Forward” on 18 and 19 September 2024, at the FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy.

Porcupinefish are medium-to-large fish belonging to the family Diodontidae from the order Tetraodontiformes [2] which are also commonly called blowfish and, sometimes, balloonfish and globefish. The family includes about 18 species.

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