Grass puffer
Encyclopedia
The Grass Puffer is a species of fish
in the Tetraodontidae family. It is found in Hong Kong
, Japan
, Taiwan
, and Vietnam
. It is often caught off beaches. docks, and piers using various baits such as worms, shrimp, Sea Lice, or cut fish. They are popular for children to catch and possibly in aquarium trade, but cannot be eaten on account of fatal tetro-doxin (Pufferfish Poison) which can cause heart problems, kidney failure, and a death-like coma that can be mistaken for death. Puffer is prepared as fugu, but the chef needs a Fugu License and even then may lose customers.The Grass puffer is a common fish caught in Japan but is inedible unless you have a fugu license.
Fish
Fish are a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic vertebrate animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as various extinct related groups...
in the Tetraodontidae family. It is found in Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
, Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
, and Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
. It is often caught off beaches. docks, and piers using various baits such as worms, shrimp, Sea Lice, or cut fish. They are popular for children to catch and possibly in aquarium trade, but cannot be eaten on account of fatal tetro-doxin (Pufferfish Poison) which can cause heart problems, kidney failure, and a death-like coma that can be mistaken for death. Puffer is prepared as fugu, but the chef needs a Fugu License and even then may lose customers.The Grass puffer is a common fish caught in Japan but is inedible unless you have a fugu license.
Source
- Roberts, C. 1996. Takifugu niphobles. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 5 August 2007.