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Globe fish

Tetraodon lineatus Linnaeus, 1758

Status not recordedbony fish

The globe fish (Tetraodon lineatus) is a species in the family Tetraodontidae, order Tetraodontiformes.

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Quick facts about the globe fish

Weight
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Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the globe fish live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the globe fish as introduced in 1 country, and flagged as invasive in it.

  1. Indonesiainvasive

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the globe fish endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the globe fish classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderTetraodontiformes
  5. familyTetraodontidae
  6. genusTetraodon
  7. SpeciesTetraodon lineatus Linnaeus, 1758

Synonyms Crayracion fahaca, Tetraodon fahaka, Tetraodon fahaka fahaka, Tetraodon fahaka rudolfianus, Tetraodon fahaka strigosus, Tetraodon lineatum, Tetraodon lineatus lineatus, Tetraodon lineatus rudolfianus, Tetraodon lineatus strigosus, Tetraodon physa, Tetraodon strigosus, Tetrodon fahaka, Tetrodon fahaka strigosus, Tetrodon physa, Tetrodon strigosus

Other names and names in other languages (58)
  • Coral butterflyEnglish
  • Fahaka pufferEnglish
  • Fahaka pufferfishEnglish
  • Freshwater puffer fishEnglish
  • Globe or puffer fishEnglish
  • Lineatus pufferEnglish
  • Nile pufferEnglish
  • Puffer fishEnglish
  • Stripped pufferEnglish
  • KookoeAdangme
  • فهقةArabic
  • Butiticgc
  • 尼罗鲀Chinese
  • čtverzubec pruhovanýCzech
  • Afrikansk kuglefiskDanish
  • NikugelfischGerman
  • BuliakDinka
  • Tuwateelo
  • Pez globo FahakaSpanish
  • AgedeEwe
  • JuovapallokalaFinnish
  • TétrodonFrench
  • DudduFula
  • TallibombomHausa
  • KufeKanuri
  • Bwolkim
  • BarakaKrio
  • Tetraodon lineatusDutch
  • Finyanup
  • Baiacu fahakaPortuguese
  • ФахакRussian
  • Apudoshk
  • DuduuneSoninke
  • FahakaSwedish
  • ปลาปักเป้าฟาฮากาThai
  • BuktitFilipino
  • Lokwituv
  • Football fishwes
  • DounnWolof
  • Opolo okunYoruba
  • 尼羅魨Chinese
  • Tindizne
  • Fahaka AssielahArabic
  • Homar El BahrArabic
  • TamberaArabic
  • 阿拉伯鲀Chinese
  • FovunalawoeEwe
  • WuwluwoeEwe
  • Poisson BallonFrench
  • Poisson GlobeFrench
  • Poisson-globe fahakaFrench
  • Pôpobekim
  • An-belanKrio
  • GbatagboteiKrio
  • ФахакаRussian
  • Африканский скалозубRussian
  • ButeteFilipino
  • 阿拉伯魨Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the globe fish

Other species in the same genus Tetraodon.

Mbu puffer

Tetraodon mbu

TetraodontidaeNo free photo yet

Congo puffer

Tetraodon miurus

TetraodontidaeNo free photo yet

Puffer fish

Tetraodon pustulatus

TetraodontidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the globe fish an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the globe fish as invasive in 1 country: Indonesia. It lists it as introduced in 1 in all.

What kind of animal is the globe fish?

The globe fish (Tetraodon lineatus) belongs to the family Tetraodontidae in the order Tetraodontiformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-13. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Globe fish (Tetraodon lineatus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/globe-fish

MLA

“Globe fish (Tetraodon lineatus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/globe-fish.

BibTeX
@misc{globe_fish_2026,
  title = {Globe fish (Tetraodon lineatus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/globe-fish},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}