A Spotted Sharpnose Puffer Canthigaster punctatissima in Cocos Island, Costa Rica.

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A Spotted Sharpnose Puffer Canthigaster punctatissima in Cocos Island a UNESCO World Heritage Site located 330 miles offshore Costa Rica in the Pacific Ocean The skin intestines and organs of this little puffer may contain tetraodotoxin a powerful neurotoxin created by the bacteria Alteromonas tetraodonis

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Size: 5100px × 3387px
Location: Cocos Island, Costa Rica
Photo credit: © Michael Patrick O'Neill / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: alteromonas, balloonfish, canthigaster, cocos, coral, costa, heritage, island, life, marine, neurotoxin, poisonous, puffer, punctatissima, rica, sharpnose, site, spotted, tetraodonis, toxic, unesco, venomous, world