Florent's Guide To The Hawaiian, South Pacific and

Indo-Pacific Reefs

Blue-Spotted Puffer
Arothron caeruleopunctatus
Blue-Spotted Puffer
Category: Pufferfishes
Scientific Name: Arothron caeruleopunctatus
Size: Up to 2.25 ft. (70 cm)  
Depth: 15-120 ft. (5-37 m)
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific, Australia
Chordata (Phylum) Chordates
└Vertebrata (Subphylum) Vertebrates
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum) Bony Fishes
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass) Ray-Finned Fish
   └Teleostei (Class) Teleosts
    └Tetraodontiformes (Order)
     └Tetraodontoidei (Suborder)
      └Tetraodontidae (Family) Pufferfishes
       └Arothron (Genus)
        └A. caeruleopunctatus (Species)
WoRMS ID: 219922🔗
iNaturalist ID: 153278🔗

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