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/The Conscientious Marine
Aquarist
"True"
Puffers, Family Tetraodontidae, (except
the Tobies/Sharpnose Puffers, Subfamily
Canthigastrinae), Part
2
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Part III,
Part IV,
Part V,
Part VI
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Bob Fenner
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Arothron immaculatus (Bloch & Schneider 1801), the
Immaculate Puffer. Indo-west Pacific, Red Sea and east African coast. To
twelve inches. Sipadan, Saba, Malaysia pic. |
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Arothron inconditus Smith 1958. Southeast
Atlantic, off South Africa. |
No pic
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Arothron leopardus (Day 1878). Indian Ocean
around India. |
No pic
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Arothron manilensis (de Proce 1822), the
Narrow-Lined Puffer. Western Pacific. To a foot in length in the
wild, about half that in captivity. Infrequently offered out of the
Philippines and parts of Indonesia. One in an aquarium, another in
Mabul, Malaysia. |
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Arothron mappa (Lesson 1831), the Map
Puffer. Indo-Pacific. To twenty-seven inches. This gentle giant is
best supplied with plenty of rock cover to hide amongst
(they're shy), and fed sparingly, but to fullness a couple of
times a week. Here are images of a juvenile in captivity and N.
Sulawesi and two foot individuals in Pulau Redang, Malaysia and
Bunaken, Sulawesi, Indonesia. |
Bigger PIX:
The images in this table are linked to large (desktop size) copies. Click on
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