White-spotted puffer

Characteristics

Recorded singly. Poisonous species. Tetrodotoxin is found in flesh, pectoral fins and kidneys. Feeds on a large variety of organisms, including, algae, sponges, crabs and tube worms.

Description

  • Body greenish brown to grey.
  • Numerous white spots throughout upper body and near tail. White bands on belly.
  • Black blotch encircled by white lines at pectoral fin base.

Common Name: Stars and stripes puffer, White-spotted puffer

Family Common Name: Pufferfishes

Scientific Name: Arothron hispidus___(Linnaeus, 1758)

Genus: Arothron

Maximum Length: Coming soon

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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)
White-spotted puffer