Ephippion

{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}

{{speciesbox

| name = Prickly puffer

| image = Ephippion guttifer crop.JPG

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Shao, K. |author2=Matsuura, K. |author3=Leis, J.L. |author4=Hardy, G. |author5=Jing, L. |author6=Liu, M. |year=2014 |title=Ephippion guttifer |volume=2014 |page=e.T193758A2272606 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T193758A2272606.en |access-date=12 May 2025}}

| parent_authority = Bibron, 1855

| taxon = Ephippion guttifer

| authority = (E. T. Bennett, 1831)

}}

Ephippion guttifer, commonly known as the prickly puffer, is a species of pufferfish native to the coasts of the eastern Atlantic Ocean from Gibraltar to Angola. This species grows to a length of {{convert|80|cm|in}} TL. It is of importance to commercial fisheries and is popular as a gamefish. This species has the ability to get prickly when it puffs up. It is the only known member of the monotypic genus Ephippion.