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Northern puffer , Sphoeroides maculatus , is a species in the family Tetraodontidae, or pufferfishes. . The northern puffer is a club-shaped fish with a gray, brown or olive back and a yellow or wh...
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Inhabits bays, estuaries and protected coastal waters. Sold as `sea squab' in northern part of range. Feeds primarily on shellfish, occasionally on finfish. Reportedly non-toxic. ... Image of Sphoeroides maculatus (Northern puffer)
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Northern Puffer Spheroides maculatus range from Newfoundland to Florida. They feed on all manner of small things, sort of a goat of the ocean. They eat small crustaceans, isopods, amphipods, mollusks, worms, barnacles, bryozoans, sea urchins, sponges, sea anemones and sea squirts, even algae! ... Fish Identification Page;
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www.thejump.net/id/northern-puffer.htm
www.thejump.net/id/northern-puffer.htm
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Habitat: common visitor of Chesapeake Bay from spring to autumn; inhabits channel margins and flats of bays and estuaries; also inhabits deep offshore waters of 60 m (200 ft.) or more. ... While some members of the puffer family of fishes are poisonous, the northern puffer is considered a delicious tasting fish.
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www.fisheries.vims.edu/puffer.htm
www.fisheries.vims.edu/puffer.htm
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VIMS Juvenile Fish and Blue Crab Survey- Species Information ... Northern Puffer (Sphoeroides maculatus) ... This species first recruits to the survey gear in June.
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www.fisheries.vims.edu/trawlseine/nopuffer.htm
www.fisheries.vims.edu/trawlseine/nopuffer.htm
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RFE Page 2 - Hazard, Market, Geographic and Nomenclature Information for Northern Puffer (Puffer; Sphoeroides maculatus) ... FDA-SL Market Name: Puffer; FDA-SL Common Name: Northern Puffer; FDA-SL Sci. Name: Sphoeroides maculatus; FDA RFE WWW 2 Letter code: np; FDA RFE 8 Letter code: sphomacu...
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www.cfsan.fda.gov/~frf/rfe2np.html
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Inhabits bays, estuaries and protected coastal waters. Sold as `sea squab' in northern part of range. Feeds primarily on shellfish, occasionally on finfish. Reportedly non-toxic.
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fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.cfm?id=1181
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; Back the Fish Finder Page One | Back to the Fish Finder Categories Page ... Atlantic Menhaden, Pogy, Bunker; brevoortia tyrannus ... Northern Puffer, Swell Toad, Blowfish; Sphoeroides maculatus...
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www.ncfisheries.net/fishfind/coastal4.htm
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This image, which was originally posted to Flickr, was uploaded to Commons using Flickr upload bot on 02:06, 15 June 2009 (UTC) by Giants27 (talk). On that date it was licensed under the license below. ... originally posted to Flickr as Northern Puffer (Sphoeroides maculatus)
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