‹ Fish Finder· #521
White-spotted Puffer
Arothron hispidus
Bislamabalongfis · nilfis— names this kind of animal, not this species alone
rarewhitegreyspottedpoisonousnocturnalsolitaryterritoriallargereef
- Habitat
- Reef
- Max size
- 50 cm
- Depth
- 1-50 m
- Family
- Tetraodontidae
The white-spotted puffer fish is a medium to large-sized puffer fish, it can reach 50 cm length. It is light grey in color, or greyish or yellowish, and clearly covered with more or less regular white points, that become concentric contrasting white and dark grey lines that radiate around the eyes and pectoral fins. The ventral part is white. The "shoulder" is dark. It also has concentric contrasting white and dark grey lines that radiate around the eyes and pectoral fins. The white spotted puffer fish is poisonous.
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