Takifugu niphobles Spawning | Grass Puffer

Depicted here is the chaos of group spawning of grass puffers (Takifugu niphobles) rushing onto a beach. This species has the unusual habit of spawning on land. When larger females beach themselves to lay eggs, males follow to fertilize. The fish rely on waves to take them ashore and return them to the ocean. Native to the northwest Pacific, grass puffers are the only pufferfish known to spawn onshore.

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Depicted here is the chaos of group spawning of grass puffers (Takifugu niphobles) rushing onto a beach. This species has the unusual habit of spawning on land. When larger females beach themselves to lay eggs, males follow to fertilize. The fish rely on waves to take them ashore and return them to the ocean. Native to the northwest Pacific, grass puffers are the only pufferfish known to spawn onshore.