Like other puffer fish, the grass puffer accumulates the neurotoxin TTX to discourage would-be predators. However, grass puffers also accumulate a non-toxic analog of TTX called 5,6,11-trideoxyTTX ...

She clarified that the puffer fish she found are very unique and rare in Northern California waters, adding that prior to this point, "...the only puffer relative I have seen in the bay is a mola ...

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Puffer is a dog-faced pufferfish, whose life expectancy is about 10 years in the wild, Wallis said. She’s seen children grow to young adults who come into the library and are surprised Puffer ...

Smooth puffer fish shouldn’t be used for bait or chum, the DEM says. Anyone who catches one is advised to carefully take it off the hook and release it.