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balloonfish

NOUN
  1. similar to but smaller than porcupinefish

How To Use balloonfish In A Sentence

  • We found a small turtle resting in the sand, a beautiful scorpionfish, a balloonfish, and several eels.
  • What it is: One of a family of marine or estuarine fish known as Tetraodontidae whichincludesmany familiar species variously called puffers, puffer fish, balloonfish, blowfish, bubblefish, globefish, swellfish and toadfish. The Best Stuff on Earth?!
  • Also called balloonfish, spiny puffers belong to the Tetraodontiformes, an order of fishes known for their strange structures and odd behaviors.
  • The balloonfish swallows air, when attacked by avian predators, or water, when attacked by piscine predators.
  • Swills swelled, balloonfish bellowed, bully Billy rebelled, yellow Mell yelled, silly Will kvelled: LL on a Sailbloat
  • When frightened, balloonfishes and pufferfishes swallow water and inflate their bodies, increasing their apparent size and erecting numerous sharp spines that deter many potential threats.
  • The balloonfish swallows air, when attacked by avian predators, or water, when attacked by piscine predators.
  • Adult balloonfish are found in relatively shallow areas of the ocean.
  • A type of puffer this balloonfish was taken around 9: 30 at night in the Cay Sal Banks region of the southern Bahamas.
  • However, only trace amounts of tetrodotoxin have been found in balloonfish, mainly concentrated in the ovaries.
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