Blackspotted Puffer

Description:

Grows up to 33 cm, oval and elongated body shape, his skin is not covered with scales, no pelvic fin and no lateral line, dorsal and anal fin are small, symmetric and located at the end of the body. Its snout is short with two pairs of nostrils and its mouth is terminal with four strong teeth. Grey in colour, yellow at bottom with black spots, dark patches around the eyes and snout, and a white bar across the top of the snout. Blackspotted puffers may also be yellowish or bluish-grey.

Habitat:

Spotted at Sebayur Besar Island, coral reef area, this species is found in tropical waters from the Indian Ocean to the central islands of the Pacific Ocean, roughly equalling the Indo-Pacific, except the Red Sea. It lives close to external reef slopes and lagoons from the surface to 25 m depth.

Notes:

The blackspotted puffer is also known as the dog-faced puffer, is a poisonous tropical marine fish belonging to the family Tetraodontidae. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Tetraodontiformes Family: Tetraodontidae Genus: Arothron Species: A. nigropunctatus