Ephippion

{{Short description|Genus of fishes}} {{speciesbox | name = Prickly puffer | image = Ephippion guttifer crop.JPG | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref>{{cite iucn |author=Shao, K. |author2=Matsuura, K. |author3=Leis, J.L. |author4=Hardy, G. |author5=Jing, L. |author6=Liu, M. |year=2014 |title=''Ephippion guttifer'' |volume=2014 |article-number=e.T193758A2272606 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T193758A2272606.en |access-date=12 May 2025}}</ref> | parent_authority = Bibron, 1855 | taxon = Ephippion guttifer | authority = (E. T. Bennett, 1831) }}

'''''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 {{convert|80|cm|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'''''.

==References== * {{FishBase |genus= Ephippion |species= guttifer| month = October | year = 2012}} {{Reflist}}

Category:Tetraodontidae Category:Taxa named by Gabriel Bibron Category:Monotypic fish genera