The guineafowl puffer has a rounded body covered with prickles, and is generally brown or golden in color, depending on life stage. The color can be highly variable. Did You Know? This puffer can inflate by inhaling water or air. Diet Guineafowl puffers are omnivorous, feeding mainly on the tips of branching corals and, to a lesser extent, on sponges, mollusks, bryozoans, tunicates, forams, algae, and detritus. Size The guineafowl puffer can reach 20 inches in length. Range Indo-Pacific Ocean Population Status This species is not threatened. Predators Large fish prey on this puffer. Back to the Top