Florent's Guide To The Hawaiian, South Pacific and

Indo-Pacific Reefs

Reticulated puffer
Arothron reticularis
Reticulated puffer
Category: Pufferfishes
Scientific Name: Arothron reticularis
Size: Up to 17 in. (43 cm)  
Depth: 10-60 ft. (3-18 m)
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific
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. reticularis (Species)

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