Summary ²

Northern puffer, Sphoeroides maculatus, is a species in the family Tetraodontidae, or pufferfishes. They are commonly called sugar toads in the Chesapeake Bay region, where they are eaten as a delicacy.

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2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphoeroides_maculatus

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