Stellate puffer - 114°E HK Reef Fish

Stellate puffer

Characteristics

Often recorded singly.
Toxic species.
Small individuals feed on plankton, while large individuals feed on crustaceans.

Description

Adult:

Body white to grey with numerous small black dots.
Dots are larger and may become irregular near pectoral fin base.

Juvenile:

Body yellow to orange and covered with black dots.
Near the belly, the dots form series of black stripes.

Common Name: Star puffer, Starry toadfish, Stellate puffer

Family Common Name: Pufferfishes

Family: Tetraodontidae

Scientific Name: Arothron stellatus___(Anonymous, 1798)

Genus: Arothoron

Maximum Length: 120 (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)

Stellate puffer