Fishing for Least puffer

Sphoeroides parvus

The least puffer is a small, tapering marine fish able to inflate its body when threatened, with a blunt snout, small beak-like teeth, and a tan-to-olive back mottled with dark spots over a pale belly. It lives in shallow, turbid coastal waters and estuaries of the Gulf of Mexico. Adults reach about 6 inches. Slow-swimming, it drifts near the bottom. This summary was AI generated

Water type

Saltwater / Mixed

IUCN Status

Least concern

Threat to humans

Harmless

Source: Fishbase

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