Al Zuppe may have caught a state record-setting 9.9 pound 26.25 inch smooth puffer fish off the coast of New London. (Connecticut Fish and Wildlife) ...

You wouldn’t think a blunt head puffer is a fish that could inspire tender sentiment, but one brought tears to a few eyes at the 91st Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo. A blunt head puffer caught ...

Smooth Puffer Fish are typically gray or olive-gray with silver sides and have prickly bellies. They typically inhabit inshore and near-shore areas near sand and muddy bottoms.

The importation of puffer fish products into the United States is ... removed) can be eaten in salads. Pufferfish roe (eggs) are also eaten. In Korea, it is grilled, simmered, or eaten raw.

The fish inhabit inshore and near-shore areas, over sand or mud bottoms, the agencies said. Another type of puffer fish, the northern puffer, is more common in Rhode Island waters.