Florent's Guide To The

Tropical 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) 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. mappa (Species)
WoRMS ID: 219930🔗
iNaturalist ID: 124906🔗

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