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Arothron stellatus, also known as the stellate pufferfish, [3] starry puffer, [4] or starry toadfish, [5] is a demersal marine fish belonging to the family Tetraodontidae. It is found in shallow water in the Indo-Pacific region.
The starry toado (Arothron firmamentum) is a pufferfish of the family Tetraodontidae, found in subtropical oceans worldwide, at depths between 10 and 360 m. Its length is up to 40 cm. Tetraodon gillbanksii (now known as A. firmamentum) by Frank Edward Clarke
Arothron caeruleopunctatus Matsuura, 1994 (Blue-spotted puffer) Arothron carduus (Cantor, 1849) Arothron diadematus (Rüppell, 1829) (Masked puffer) Arothron firmamentum (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850) (Starry puffer) Arothron gillbanksii (Clarke, 1897) Arothron hispidus (Linnaeus, 1758) (White-spotted puffer)
Arothron caeruleopunctatus is a medium-sized fish which grows up to 80 cm length. [3] Its body is oval shape, spherical et relatively elongated. The skin is not covered with scales. The fish has no pelvic fin and no lateral line. The dorsal fin and the anal fin are small, symmetric and located at the end of the body. Its snout is short with two ...
Deflated Valentinni's sharpnose puffer. Tetraodontidae is a family of primarily marine and estuarine fish of the order Tetraodontiformes.The family includes many familiar species variously called pufferfish, puffers, balloonfish, blowfish, blowers, blowies, bubblefish, globefish, swellfish, toadfish, toadies, toadle, honey toads, sugar toads, and sea squab. [1]
The poison is produced by several types of bacteria obtained from the fish's diet. [10] As a result of these three defenses, porcupinefish have few predators, though adults are sometimes preyed upon by sharks and orcas. Juveniles are also preyed on by Lysiosquillina maculata, tuna, and dolphins. [5]
Sphoeroides annulatus (bullseye puffer) is a species in the family Tetraodontidae, or pufferfishes. It is found in the eastern Pacific Ocean from California , USA to Pisco , Peru and the Galápagos Islands .
The northern puffer, Sphoeroides maculatus, is a species in the family Tetraodontidae, or pufferfishes, found along the Atlantic coast of North America. [2] Unlike many other pufferfish species, the flesh of the northern puffer is not poisonous, although its viscera can contain poison, [1] [2] and high concentrations of toxins have been observed in the skin of Floridian populations.