Arothron immaculatus
| Immaculate puffer | |
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| The immaculate puffer (top), compared to two patterned species | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
| Family: | Tetraodontidae |
| Genus: | Arothron |
| Species: | A. immaculatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Arothron immaculatus (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) | |
Arothron immaculatus, the immaculate puffer, is a pufferfish from the Indo-West Pacific. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It reaches 30 cm in length.
Arothron immaculatus in camouflage.
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2008). "Arothron immaculatus" in FishBase. December 2008 version.
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