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Arothron

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Scientific name
  
Arothron

Higher classification
  
Pufferfish

Order
  
Tetraodontiformes

Family
  
Tetraodontidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Genus

Arothron Fish Identification

Lower classifications
  
White‑spotted puffer, Blackspotted puffer, Arothron meleagris, Arothron stellatus, Map puffer

Arothron is a genus of fish in the family Tetraodontidae found in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean.

Contents

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Species

There are currently 14 recognized species in this genus:

Arothron Fish Identification

  • Arothron caeruleopunctatus Matsuura, 1994 (Blue-spotted puffer)
  • Arothron carduus (Cantor, 1849)
  • Arothron diadematus (Rüppell, 1829) (Masked puffer)
  • Arothron firmamentum (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850) (Starry puffer)
  • Arothron hispidus (Linnaeus, 1758) (White-spotted puffer)
  • Arothron immaculatus (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) (Immaculate puffer)
  • Arothron inconditus J. L. B. Smith, 1958 (Belly-striped puffer)
  • Arothron manilensis (Marion de Procé, 1822) (Narrow-lined puffer)
  • Arothron mappa (Lesson, 1831) (Map puffer)
  • Arothron meleagris (Anonymous, referred to Lacépède, 1798) (Guineafowl puffer)
  • Arothron multilineatus Matsuura, 2016 (Many-lined puffer)
  • Arothron nigropunctatus (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) (Black-spotted puffer)
  • Arothron reticularis (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) (Reticulated puffer)
  • Arothron stellatus (Anonymous, referred to Lacépède, 1798) (Stellate puffer)

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    References

    Arothron Wikipedia
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