Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Pacific Reefs

Blue-Spotted Puffer
Arothron caeruleopunctatus
Blue-Spotted Puffer
Category: Pufferfishes
Scientific Name: Arothron caeruleopunctatus
Size: Up to 2.25 ft. (70 cm)  
Depth: 15-120 ft. (5-37 m)
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific, Australia
Chordata (Phylum)
└Vertebrata (Subphylum)
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
   └Actinopteri (Superclass)
    └Teleostei (Class)
     └Tetraodontiformes (Order)
      └Tetraodontidae (Family)
       └Arothron (Genus)
        └A. caeruleopunctatus (Species)

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