Guineafowl puffer - 114°E HK Reef Fish

Photo By: Allen To

Photo By: Allen To

Guineafowl puffer

Characteristics

Toxic.
Feeds on hard corals and certain anemone species.

Description

Adult:

Individuals may be one of the two colour phases: body black and covered with numerous white dots, or bright yellow with a few black dots.

Juvenile:

Body black with orange yellow dots.

Common Name: Guineafowl puffer

Family Common Name: Pufferfishes

Family: Tetraodontidae

Scientific Name: Arothron meleagris___(Anonymous, 1798)

Genus: Arothron

Maximum Length: 50 cm (Total Length)

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未評估

Not Evaluated (ne)

數據缺乏

Data Deficient (dd)

無危

Least Concern (lc)

近危

Near Threatened (nt)

易危

Vulnerable (vu)

瀕危

Endangered (en)

極危

Critically Endangered (cr)

絕滅

Extinct (ex)

Guineafowl puffer