Tiger Puffer
Takifugu rubripes
- Near threatened
- Card rarity: Uncommon
- Fish
Takifugu rubripes, commonly known as the Japanese puffer, Japanese pufferfish, tiger puffer, or torafugu, 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.
Classification
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Tetraodontiformes
- Family
- Tetraodontidae
- Genus
- Takifugu