White-spotted puffer
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| White-spotted puffer | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
| Family: | Tetraodontidae |
| Genus: | Arothron |
| Species: | A. hispidus |
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| Arothron hispidus (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
The white-spotted puffer, Arothron hispidus, is a medium-sized puffer fish, it can reach 50 cm length.[1] It is light grey in color with small white spots. It also has concentric contrasting white and dark grey lines that radiate around the eyes and pectoral fins.
Its distribution extends through the Indo-Pacific area, Red Sea included, to the eastern Pacific Ocean.[2] It can be found at depths of three to 35 metres. Its habitat types include reefs, lagoons, estuaries, and tidepools. Its diet includes calcareous or coralline algae, molluscs, tunicates, sponges, corals, zoanthids, crabs, polychaetes, starfish, urchins, krill, and silversides.
The adult is nocturnal and solitary. It is territorial, becoming somewhat aggressive.
References
- ↑ "Arothron hispidus, White-spotted puffer : fisheries, aquarium". Fishbase.org. 2012-07-03. Retrieved 2013-09-03.
- ↑ "Facts about White-spotted Puffer (Arothron hispidus) - Encyclopedia of Life". Eol.org. Retrieved 2013-09-03.
- "Arothron hispidus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 30 January 2006.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Arothron hispidus" in FishBase. November 2006 version.
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