Immaculate puffer - 114°E HK Reef Fish

Photo By: Ryan Cheng

Photo By: Ryan Cheng

Photo By: Felix Chan

Photo By: Felix Chan

Photo By: Felix Chan

Photo By: Felix Chan

Immaculate puffer

Characteristics

Poisonous species.
Feeds on crustaceans.

Description

Body greyish, sometimes with grey blotches. White ventrally.
A black blotch at pectoral fin base.
Tail yellow with black margins.

Common Name: Immaculate puffer

Family Common Name: Pufferfishes

Family: Tetraodontidae

Scientific Name: Arothron immaculatus___(Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

Genus: Arothron

Maximum Length: 30 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)

Immaculate puffer