World Species : Arothron nigropunctatus (Puffer fish; Blackspotted toadfish; Black-spotted pufferfish; Blackspotted puffer; Blackspotted blaasop; Black spotted puffer; Black spotted blow fish)

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Arothron nigropunctatus (Puffer fish; Blackspotted toadfish; Black-spotted pufferfish; Blackspotted puffer; Blackspotted blaasop; Black spotted puffer; Black spotted blow fish)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The blackspotted puffer (Arothron nigropunctatus), also known as the dog-faced puffer, is a tropical marine fish belonging to the family Tetraodontidae.

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Protected Areas

Name	IUCN Category	Area acres	Location
Christmas Island National Park	II	21698	Christmas Island, Australia
Pulu Keeling National Park	II	6469	Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Ranong			Thailand

Consumers

Parasitized by
Trigonocryptus conus	^[1]

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♦ ¹Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London

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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