# Ephippion

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{{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](/source/Gabriel_Bibron), 1855
| taxon = Ephippion guttifer
| authority = ([E. T. Bennett](/source/Edward_Turner_Bennett), 1831)
}}

'''''Ephippion guttifer''''', commonly known as the '''prickly puffer''', is a [species](/source/species) of [pufferfish](/source/tetraodontidae) native to the coasts of the eastern [Atlantic Ocean](/source/Atlantic_Ocean) from [Gibraltar](/source/Gibraltar) to [Angola](/source/Angola).  This species grows to a length of {{convert|80|cm|in}} [TL](/source/fish_measurement).  It is of importance to [commercial fisheries](/source/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](/source/monotypic_genus) '''''Ephippion'''''.

==References==
* {{FishBase |genus= Ephippion |species= guttifer| month = October | year = 2012}}
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Category:Tetraodontidae
Category:Taxa named by Gabriel Bibron
Category:Monotypic fish genera

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