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Mbu puffer

Tetraodon mbu Boulenger, 1899

Status not recordedbony fish

The mbu puffer (Tetraodon mbu) is a species in the family Tetraodontidae, order Tetraodontiformes.

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Quick facts about the mbu puffer

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
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 mbu puffer live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the mbu puffer 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 mbu puffer 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 mbu puffer classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderTetraodontiformes
  5. familyTetraodontidae
  6. genusTetraodon
  7. SpeciesTetraodon mbu Boulenger, 1899

Synonyms Tetrodon mbu

Other names and names in other languages (13)
  • Freshwater puffer fishEnglish
  • Giant freshwater pufferEnglish
  • Giant pufferEnglish
  • Mbu pufferfishEnglish
  • čtverzubec mbuCzech
  • Congo-kuglefiskDanish
  • GoldringelkugelfischGerman
  • Pez globo de agua dulce giganteSpanish
  • Poisson-globe géantFrench
  • МбуRussian
  • ปลาปักเป้าเอ็มบูThai
  • Kultapallokalaroot
  • Goldringel-KugelfischGerman

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the mbu puffer

Other species in the same genus Tetraodon.

Globe fish

Tetraodon lineatus

TetraodontidaeNo free photo yet

Congo puffer

Tetraodon miurus

TetraodontidaeNo free photo yet

Puffer fish

Tetraodon pustulatus

TetraodontidaeNo free photo yet

CompareMbu puffer vs Globe fishMbu puffer vs Congo pufferMbu puffer vs Puffer fishMbu puffer vs Spotted Congo puffer

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the mbu puffer an invasive species?

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

What kind of animal is the mbu puffer?

The mbu puffer (Tetraodon mbu) belongs to the family Tetraodontidae in the order Tetraodontiformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Mbu puffer (Tetraodon mbu). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/mbu-puffer

MLA

“Mbu puffer (Tetraodon mbu).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/mbu-puffer.

BibTeX
@misc{mbu_puffer_2026,
  title = {Mbu puffer (Tetraodon mbu)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/mbu-puffer},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}