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Spiny blaasop

Tylerius spinosissimus (Regan, 1908)

Status not recordedbony fish

The spiny blaasop (Tylerius spinosissimus) is a species in the family Tetraodontidae, order Tetraodontiformes.

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Quick facts about the spiny blaasop

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 spiny blaasop live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the spiny blaasop as introduced in 3 countries.

  1. Greece
  2. Lebanon
  3. Türkiye

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 spiny blaasop 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 spiny blaasop classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderTetraodontiformes
  5. familyTetraodontidae
  6. genusTylerius
  7. SpeciesTylerius spinosissimus (Regan, 1908)

Synonyms Amblyrhinchotes spinosissimus, Amblyrhynchotes spinosissimus, Spheroides spinosissimus, Spheroides unifasciatus

Other names and names in other languages (15)
  • Fine-spined pufferfishEnglish
  • Finespine pufferEnglish
  • Finespine pufferfishEnglish
  • Prickle blaasopEnglish
  • Peix bola orbCatalan
  • čtverzubec nejtrnitějšíCzech
  • Αγκαθωτός τετραόδονταςGreek
  • Botete orbeSpanish
  • piikkipallokalaFinnish
  • イバラフグJapanese
  • Baiacu-de-espinhos-finosPortuguese
  • ТилериусRussian
  • 氣規Chinese
  • 規仔Chinese
  • 長刺泰氏魨Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the spiny blaasop

Other species in the same family Tetraodontidae.

Pufferfish

Arothron hispidus

TetraodontidaeNo free photo yet

Pea puffer

Carinotetraodon travancoricus

TetraodontidaeNo free photo yet

Mbu puffer

Tetraodon mbu

TetraodontidaeNo free photo yet

Velcro-fish

Arothron meleagris

TetraodontidaeNo free photo yet

Puffer fish

Arothron nigropunctatus

TetraodontidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the spiny blaasop an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the spiny blaasop as introduced in 3 countries: Greece, Lebanon and Türkiye, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the spiny blaasop?

The spiny blaasop (Tylerius spinosissimus) 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). Spiny blaasop (Tylerius spinosissimus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/spiny-blaasop

MLA

“Spiny blaasop (Tylerius spinosissimus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/spiny-blaasop.

BibTeX
@misc{spiny_blaasop_2026,
  title = {Spiny blaasop (Tylerius spinosissimus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/spiny-blaasop},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}