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Arothron (fat puffers)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Arothron is a genus in the pufferfish family Tetraodontidae, commonly known as the fat puffers. These species are sometimes kept in aquaria. The largest species is A. stellatus, which can reach 1.2 m (3 ft 11 in) in length.
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Species

Arothron caeruleopunctatus (Blue-spotted puffer)
Arothron carduus
Arothron diadematus (Masked puffer)
Arothron firmamentum (Starry toado)
Arothron gillbanksii
Arothron hispidus (poison puffer)
Arothron immaculatus (Narrow-lined toadfish)
Arothron inconditus (Bellystriped blaasop) (Vulnerable)
Arothron leopardus (Banded leopardblowfish)
Arothron manilensis (Striped puffer)
Arothron mappa (Scribbled toadfish)
Arothron meleagris (Whitespotted pufferfish)
Arothron multilineatus (Many-lined pufferfish)
Arothron nigropunctatus (Puffer fish)
Arothron reticularis (Reticulated toadfish)
Arothron stellatus (Toby)

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0