![]() ![]() Lexicon: Takifugu: composed from two Japanese words: Taki meaning “waterfall” and Fugu, which is the name of the puffer which causes deadly poisoning when prepared for food in a wrong way the term has multiple meanings, one can read it in a way that the fish should be cooked in liquid for example. ![]() All trials to acclimate young specimens of 6-8 cm length to full strength seawater failed so no experiments in that direction are recommended. The tank should have fine sand on the bottom for this species of puffer likes to bury itself. Most of all they like mussels and snails, but they also accept shrimps, small fish, earthworms etc. Takifugu rubripes, commonly known as the Japanese puffer, Tiger puffer, or torafugu, is distinguished by a very small genome which is in widespread use as a. The toxin it harbors, tetrodotoxin (or tetrodoxin), is named for Tetraodontiformes, the order of fish that includes fugu. It is one of the most toxic substances known, hundreds of times more poisonous than strychnine or cyanide and so. Tiger Puffer (Takifugu rubripes) This little fish is considered to be the most toxic of the twenty-five species of fugu. A powerful poison is found in the fugus ovaries, kidneys, skin, eyes, liver and intestines. Puffers are carnivorous fishes and need frozen or live food. Eating fugu, Japanese puffer fish, has been called the gastronomic equivalent of playing Russian roulette. Against other tankmates they usually are peaceful as long as they are too big to be eaten. The species is very aggressive against conspecifics when it is settled in the tank. ![]() This puffer becomes about 15 cm long and thus it belongs to the smallest members of the genus Takifugu. Sadly nothing is known about the breeding behaviour of that species. Styled by Haidee Findlay-Levin FUGU IS PREHISTORIC. Like salmon these puffers live in pure freshwater during their youth and then go to the sea where they grow up and become mature. When on the defensive in the wild, fugu puff themselves up with water to make their spines stand on end. Etymology: Takifugu: A Japanese word with several meanings taki waterfall + fugu fish it could be also understood as taki to be cooked in liquid +. This fish shows us that the terms “freshwater fish” and “marine fish” can be applied on the very same species. We were able to import one of the most beautiful freshwater puffers from China again: Takifugu ocellatus. ![]()
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