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It is easy to admire a fish without thinking about the ecosystem that created it. Yet every species is the product of an extraordinary network of relationships, many of which remain invisible until they are disturbed. Remove one species, introduce another or alter a single ecological relationship, and the consequences can spread far beyond the animals we first notice.

Every so often, hybrid pufferfish return to conversation. A photograph circulates, a fish is labelled as something unusual, or a claim is made that two species have been crossed. These claims tend to spread quickly, and with repetition, they begin to feel plausible, particularly where visual differences are subtle and classification is not immediately clear. Within the family Tetraodontidae, however, hybridisation is not a general feature, and in most cases it is not a realis