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White-spotted Puffer
Arothron hispidus (Linnaeus, 1758)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Chordata - chordates »  class Actinopterygii - ray-finned fishes »  order Tetraodontiformes »  family Tetraodontidae - puffers »  genus Arothron

Scientific synonyms

Tetraodon hispidus Linnaeus, 1758
Tetrodon hispidus Linnaeus, 1758
Crayracion hispidus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Takifugu hispidus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Dilobomycterus hispidus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Tetrodon laterna Richardson, 1845
Tetraodon perspicillaris Rüppell, 1829
Tetrodon pusillus Klunzinger, 1871
Tetraodon sazanami Tanaka, 1916
Tetraodon semistriatus Rüppell, 1837

Other names

= Broadbarred Toadfish
= Poison Puffer
= Pufferfish
= Stars and Stripes Toadfish
= White Spotted Blow Fish
= Whitespotted Blaasop

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IUCN category 2024-1:
Least Concern LC

Images

Arothron hispidus - White-spotted Puffer

Arothron hispidus - White-spotted Puffer

Author: Petr Fuchs

Arothron hispidus - White-spotted Puffer

Author: Petr Čech

Arothron hispidus - White-spotted Puffer

Author: Petr Čech

Arothron hispidus - White-spotted Puffer

Author: Petr Čech

Arothron hispidus - White-spotted Puffer

Author: Petr Čech

Arothron hispidus - White-spotted Puffer

Author: Petr Čech

Arothron hispidus - White-spotted Puffer

Author: Petr Čech

Arothron hispidus - White-spotted Puffer

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Links and literature

CH DE EN FR IT NL PR SP FishBase [5425]

Froese R., Pauly D. (eds.): FishBase [http://www.fishbase.org]
CZ AQUATAB. World Wide Web electronic publication [species/2205]

Plíštil J. (Ed.) (2009): AQUATAB. World Wide Web electronic publication [http://aquatab.net] [as Arothron hispidus (Linnaeus, 1758)]
Data retrieved on: 17 January 2010
EN OzAnimals - Australian Wildlife [http://www.ozanimals.com/] [as Arothron hispidus]
EN IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2024-1 [193699]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [http://www.iucnredlist.org/] [as Arothron hispidus (Linnaeus, 1758)]
Data retrieved on: 29 January 2024
DE Zootier-Lexikon [2981:kugelfische-arothron&Itemid=710#hispidus]

Dollinger P.: Zootier-Lexikon
Data retrieved on: 26 May 2019
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