| The skin of the balloonfish is dominated by larger spots or dark blotches that occur only on the body, not on the fins. |
| We found a small turtle resting in the sand, a beautiful scorpionfish, a balloonfish, and several eels. |
| The balloonfish swallows air, when attacked by avian predators, or water, when attacked by piscine predators. |
| However, only trace amounts of tetrodotoxin have been found in balloonfish, mainly concentrated in the ovaries. |
| The conch we saw is safe from the balloonfish because its shell is too thick for the balloonfish to break. |
| Because the balloonfish lacks pleural ribs and a pelvic girdle, expansion is not as strictly inhibited as in most fish. |
