Florent's Guide To The Hawaiian, South Pacific and

Indo-Pacific Reefs

Map Puffer
Arothron mappa
Map Puffer
Category: Pufferfishes
Scientific Name: Arothron mappa
Size: Up to 2 ft. (60 cm)  
Depth: 15-100 ft. (5-30 m)
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific, Great Barrier Reef
Chordata (Phylum)
Vertebrata (Subphylum)
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
   └Teleostei (Class)
    └Tetraodontiformes (Order)
     └Tetraodontoidei (Suborder)
      └Tetraodontidae (Family)
       └Arothron (Genus)
        └A. mappa (Species)

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