# Feroxodon

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{{Short description|Species of fish}}
{{speciesbox
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref>{{cite iucn |author=Shao, K. |author2=Liu, M. |author3=Jing, L. |author4=Hardy, G. |author5=Leis, J.L. |author6=Matsuura, K. |year=2014 |title=''Feroxodon multistriatus'' |volume=2014 |article-number=e.T193677A2258984 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T193677A2258984.en |access-date=28 March 2025}}</ref> 
| parent_authority = [J. X. Su](/source/Su_Jin_Xiang), [Hardy](/source/Graham_S._Hardy) & [J. C. Tyler](/source/James_Chase_Tyler_II), 1986
| taxon = Feroxodon multistriatus
| authority = ([J. Richardson](/source/John_Richardson_(naturalist)), 1854) 
| synonyms = 
* ''Anchisomus multistriatus''
}}

'''''Feroxodon multistriatus''''', known as the '''manystriped blowfish''', '''manystriped pufferfish''',<ref name=FB>Froese, R., and D. Pauly, eds. (2012). [http://www.fishbase.us/summary/Feroxodon-multistriatus.html ''Feroxodon multistriatus''.] [FishBase](/source/FishBase). April 2012 version.</ref> '''scribbled toadfish''',<ref name=za>{{cite web|url=http://www.fishwise.co.za/Default.aspx?TabID=110&SpecieConfigId=267450&GenusSpecies=Feroxodon_multistriatus |title=''Feroxodon multistriatus'' (Richardson 1854)|website= Fishwise}}</ref> or '''ferocious pufferfish''',<ref name = am>{{cite web|url=https://australianmuseum.net.au/Ferocious-Pufferfish-Feroxodon-multistriatus-Richardson-1854 |title=Ferocious Pufferfish ''Feroxodon multistriatus (Richardson, 1854)''|website= Australian Museum}}</ref> is a [species](/source/species) in the pufferfish family, [Tetraodontidae](/source/Tetraodontidae), distributed in the Indo-West Pacific. It is the only member of the [monotypic genus](/source/monotypic_genus) '''''Feroxodon'''''.

The fish has sloping, thin, brown and white lines on the head and body curving toward the tail. The lower head, body and [caudal peduncle](/source/caudal_peduncle) are spotted. The maximum size is reported as {{cvt|39|cm}}<ref name=FB/> to  {{cvt|90|cm|ft|0}}.<ref name=am/>

The fish occurs throughout the Indo-Western Pacific, including [New Guinea](/source/New_Guinea), and is recorded from [Western Australia](/source/Western_Australia) south to [New South Wales](/source/New_South_Wales).

In spite of its small size, this fish is known to make unprovoked attacks on humans, the inspiration for the common name ferocious pufferfish.<ref name = am/> One such attack near [Thursday Island](/source/Thursday_Island), Queensland, Australia, caused severe damage to the toes of a five-year-old boy.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Michael |first=P |date=2012-04-06 |title=Ferocious pufferfish nearly took Tom's toes while he was wading on Thursday Island |url=http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/national/killer-tadpole-nearly-took-toes/story-e6frg15u-1226320846635 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120509202728/http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/national/killer-tadpole-nearly-took-toes/story-e6frg15u-1226320846635 |archive-date=2012-05-09 |work=Perth Now}}</ref>

<blockquote>This fish "inhabits shallow inshore waters and offshore soft bottoms. Feeds on fish and invertebrates. Highly toxic and is responsible for amputation of swimmers toes."<ref name=FB/></blockquote>

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Category:Tetraodontidae
Category:Fish described in 1854
Category:Taxa named by John Richardson (naturalist)
Category:Monotypic marine fish genera

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