Plurimae tetraodontidarum speciestoxicae sunt, et nonnullae inter venenosissima orbis terrarumvertebrata numerantur. In aliquibus speciebus, organa interna, sicut iecur et aliquando cutis, tetrodotoxinum continent, unde tetraodontidae pluribus animalibus valdissime toxicae sunt esae; nihilominus, caro nonnullarum specierum mattea habetur in Iaponia (nomine 河豚, fugu), Corea (복, bok et 복어, bogeo), et Sina (河豚, hétún), cum a coquis bene assuetis paretur. Aliiae huius familiae species, quarum caro non est toxicus, sicut Sphoeroides maculatus (species in Sinu Chesapeacoinventa),[2] mattea alibi putantur.[3]
Tetraodontidae plerumque magnitudine sunt parvae ad mediam, sed certae species usque ad 100 centimetra longae crescere possunt.[8]
Tetraodontidae diversissimae in zona tropica, aliquantulum rarae in zona temperata, omninoque absentes ab aquis frigidis sunt.[8]
Plurimae tetraodontidarum species in aquis marinis vel amarishabitant, sed nonnullae aquam dulcem intrare possunt, et triginta quinque fere species omnem vitam in aqua dulci degunt. Quae species inveniuntur in disiunctis regionibusAmericae Australis (e.g., Colomesus asellus), Africae (sex species Tetraodontis), et Asiae Meridio-Orientalis (Auriglobus,Carinotetraodon,Dichotomyctere,Leiodon,Pao).[9][10]
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