Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Blackspotted Puffer
Arothron nigropunctatus
Blackspotted Puffer
Category: Pufferfishes
Scientific Name: Arothron nigropunctatus
Size: 10 to 13 in. (25 to 33 cm)  
Depth: 10-75 ft. (3-23 m)
Distribution: Indo-Pacific, Great Barrier Reef
Chordata (Phylum) Chordates
└Vertebrata (Subphylum) Vertebrates
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum) Bony Fishes
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass) Ray-Finned Fish
   └Teleostei (Class) Teleosts
    └Tetraodontiformes (Order)
     └Tetraodontoidei (Suborder)
      └Tetraodontidae (Family) Pufferfishes
       └Arothron (Genus)
        └A. nigropunctatus (Species)
WoRMS ID: 219921🔗
iNaturalist ID: 119385🔗

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