Animalia > Chordata > Tetraodontiformes > Tetraodontidae > Arothron > Arothron stellatusArothron stellatus (Toby; Stellate puffer; Starry toadfish; Starry pufferfish; Starry puffer; Staring blow fish; Star puffer; Star blaasop; starry blowfish)Synonyms: Arothron aerostaticus; Arothron alboreticulatus (heterotypic); Chelonodon stellaris; Diodon asper; Kanduka michiei; Ovoides aerostaticus; Ovoides aerostaticus otteri; Takifugu stellatus (heterotypic); Tetraodon aerostaticus; Tetraodon aerostatious; Tetraodon alboreticulatus (heterotypic); Tetraodon amabilis; Tetraodon calamara; Tetraodon lagocephalus stellatus; Tetraodon lagocephalus var. stellatus (heterotypic); Tetraodon punctatus; Tetraodon stellatus (heterotypic); Tetrodon aerostaticus; Tetrodon amabilis; Tetrodon lagocephalus stellatus (heterotypic); Tetrodon lagocephalus var. stellatus (heterotypic); Tetrodon punctatus; Tetrodon staigeri; Tetrodon stellatus (heterotypic) Language: Afrikaans; Arabic; Carolinian; Creole, French; Divehi; Fijian; Finnish; French; German; Italian; Japanese; Konkani; Korean; Malay; Mandarin Chinese; Persian; Polish; Samoan; Tagalog; Tahitian Arothron stellatus, also known as the stellate puffer, starry puffer, or starry toadfish is a demersal marine fish belonging to the family Tetraodontidae. It is found in shallow water in the Indo-Pacific region. |
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Western Red Sea Drainages |
Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan |
Palearctic |
Xeric Freshwaters and Endorheic Basins |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
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
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