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11 Pufferfish Coloring Pages to Print for Free!

Animals

By Coloring Together

Drawing of an inflated pufferfish colored with colored pens
Colored by the Coloring Together artists. See gallery.

When something scares it, the pufferfish does not swim away: it gulps water at top speed and swells until it is round like a ball, far too big for anything to swallow. That funny trick is what makes it one of the friendliest animals in the sea, and one of the most fun to draw too. That is why we put together this collection of pufferfish coloring pages.

You will find pufferfish puffed up and covered in spikes, others swimming calmly, one blowing hearts, another playing with a beach ball and several hiding among the corals. Pick the one you like best and try colored pencils, markers or colored pens: a different style suits each fish.

There is no need to rush or to make everything perfect. The nice part is choosing the colors calmly and watching the drawing come to life. When you finish, at Coloring Together we wait for you in our gallery so you can show off your pufferfish, that corner where drawings from the whole community float together like a giant aquarium.

Pufferfish coloring pages

Why color pufferfish pictures?

The pufferfish is one of the strangest and most fascinating fish in the ocean. It swims slowly, so to defend itself it does not flee: it puffs up by swallowing water until it triples its size and pushes out spikes that make it impossible to bite. Coloring it is a fun way to get to know this fish with superpowers.

While you choose the shades of its body and the bubbles, you discover how it lives, why it puffs up and what other tricks it hides underwater. It is relaxing and learning at the same time, almost without noticing.

We also added lots of fun facts about the pufferfish that are sure to surprise you. So you pick up new facts while spending a calm and creative while. Shall we start?

Learn while coloring Pufferfish

  1. When it gets scared, the pufferfish swallows water until it swells like a balloon. It becomes so big and round that almost no predator can eat it.
  2. Its scientific name, Tetraodontidae, means four teeth. It has only four large, joined teeth, which it uses to crack the shells of crabs and snails.
  3. Many pufferfish are poisonous: their body holds a substance that protects them from anything that tries to eat them, so they have almost no enemies.
  4. In Japan there is a dish made with pufferfish called fugu. Only chefs with a special license can cook it, because it has to be done with the greatest care.
  5. The pufferfish has no scales. Instead, its skin is covered with tiny spikes that rise up when it puffs out.
  6. There are more than 120 species of pufferfish. Almost all of them live in warm seas, but some live in freshwater rivers.
  7. A male pufferfish in Japan creates huge perfect circles in the sand on the seabed, like a giant drawing, to win over a female.
  8. Puffing up costs them a lot of energy, so they only do it when they are in danger. As soon as the scare passes, they let the water out and go back to their normal size.
  9. Its eyes can move each on their own, so it can watch what happens in front and behind almost at the same time.

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