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/The Conscientious Marine Aquarist

"True" Puffers, Family Tetraodontidae, (except the Tobies/Sharpnose Puffers, Subfamily Canthigastrinae), Part 4

Part I, Part II, Part III, Part V, Part VI

 

 Bob Fenner

 
Arothron reticularis (Bloch & Schneider 1801), the Reticulated Puffer. Indo-west Pacific. To sixteen inches in length. Here's possibly a juv. one hiding behind some algae in N. Sulawesi. 

Arothron stellatus (Bloch & Schneider 1801), the Starry Toado. Indo-Pacific, Red Sea, east coast of Africa. To forty eight inches... not a misprint, yes, four feet in length. For huge systems only... and devoted puffer lovers. A captive specimen of about ten inches length and two individuals in N. Sulawesi and Gili Air, Lombok, Indonesia. The last of much larger size (about two feet overall).
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Chelonodon laticeps Smith 1948, the Bluespotted Blassop. Western Indian Ocean (South Africa) and Papua New Guinea. To eight inches. Brackish to Marine.

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Chelonodon patoca (Hamilton 1822), the Milkspotted Puffer. Indo-Pacific. To eleven inches long. Prized by some Japanese as a food fish.

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Chelonodon pleurospilus (Regan 1919). Southwest Indian Ocean (river mouths of South Africa). To eight inches in length.

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Contusus brevicaudus, Hardy 1981. Southwestern Pacific: known from southern Australia. To ten inches in length. Nocturnal.

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Contusus richei Freminville 1813, the Prickly Toadfish. Indo-west Pacific. Temperate. To ten inches.

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Contusus richei Freminville 1813, the Prickly Toadfish. Indo-west Pacific. Temperate. To ten inches.

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Feroxodon multistriatus (Richardson 1854), the Manystriped Blowfish. Indo-West Pacific: northwestern Australia and elsewhere in the region but mainly southwest Pacific. This puffer is responsible for clipping off swimmer's toes!

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Guentheridia formosa (Gunther 1870), the Spotted Puffer. Eastern Pacific: from Costa Rica to Ecuador. To ten inches in length. Carnivorous.

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Javichthys kailolae

Lagocephalus (13spp.)

Marilyna (3spp.)

Omegophora (2spp.)

Pelagocephalus marki

Polyspina piosae

Reicheltia halsteadi

Part I, Part II, Part III, Part V, Part VI
 

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