Takifugu oblongus, 13.2 cm SL (photo by Seishi Kimura)
Takifugu oblongus (Bloch, 1786) Lattice Blaasop
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D 13; A 11; P1 16.
Body relatively elongate covered with spinules. Nostrils with 2 openings. Color: body brown dorsally, white ventrally; many transverse white bands on back from snout to caudal peduncle. Size: maximum to 40 cm. Distribution: tropical Indo-West Pacific from East Africa eastward to Australia, north to southern East China Sea. Remarks: caught by trawl in shallow waters.
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