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White-spotted puffer
Arothron hispidus
Distribution: Indo-Pacific: From the Red Sea to the western Pacific, Pacific: Baja California and the Gulf of California to Panama. Habitat: Occurs in seagrass beds and coral reefs where it moves in a clearing sand between 1m and 50m. Description: Also called black shoulder or Puffer Fish Puffer Fish with white or black ball-shoulder tasks, its adult size is around 50 cm. The upper body is brown freckled or cream stripes. Classified as poisonous fish, you should be wary of a possible bite. Food: algae, sponges, corals, anemones, sea squirts, worms, crabs, starfish, etc.. |
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Taxonomic classification
| Phylum: | Chordata | Class: | Actinopterygii | Sub class: | Neopterygii | To print in "PDF" format |
| Order: | Tetraodontiformes | Sub order: | Tetraodontoidei | Family: | Tetraodontidae | |
| Genus: | Arothron | Species: | hispidus | Descriptor: | Linnaeus, C.1758. |  |