Dog Face Pufferfish (species: Arothron nigropunctatus) in Upolu Reef (Gaia Guide)
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Arothron nigropunctatus
Dog Face Pufferfish


©Johnny van der Walt: Unsexed Dog Face Pufferfish (Arothron nigropunctatus)

©Stanislav Krejčík: Unsexed Dog Face Pufferfish (Arothron nigropunctatus)

©Mark Shepherd: Blackspotted Puffer at Lizard Island

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Tetraodontiformes
Family Tetraodontidae
Genus Arothron
Species Arothron nigropunctatus

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Distinguishing features

Distinguishing features still need to be specified.

Size

  • Up to 33 cm (Total Length)

Depth range

  • From 3 m to 25 m

Synonyms

Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

Distribution and habitat preferences

Indo-Pacific: East Africa to Micronesia and Samoa, north to southern Japan, south to New South Wales.

Inhabit coastal to outer reef crest and slopes with rich invertebrate growth (FishBase).

Diet

Feed on corals (usually Acropora tips), crustaceans, mollusks, sponges, tunicates and algae. (Fishbase)

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References

  • Bray, R.A., T.H. Cribb and J.-L. Justine (2010). Diploproctodaeum sp(p). (Digenea, Lepocreadiidae) in Australian and New Caledonian waters including two new species from Tetraodontiformes and new records of related species, Acta Parasitologica, 55: 313-326. LIRS catalog number 1315.
  • Jabbar, A., A. Asnoussi, L.J. Norbury, A. Eisenbarth, S. Shamsi, R.B. Gasser, A.L. Lopata and I. Beveridge (2012). Larval anisakid nematodes in teleost fishes from Lizard Island, northern Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Marine and Freshwater Research, 63: 1283-1299. LIRS catalog number 1584.
  • Smit, N.J., A.S. Grutter, R.D. Adlard and A.J. Davies (2006). Hematozoa of teleosts from Lizard Island, Australia, with some comments on their possible mode of transmission and the description of a new hemogregarine species, Journal of Parasitology, 92: 778-788. LIRS catalog number 991.