''Arothron'' is a

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in the pufferfish

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Tetraodontidae Tetraodontidae is a family of primarily marine and estuarine fish of the order Tetraodontiformes. The family includes many familiar species variously called pufferfish, puffers, balloonfish, blowfish, blowies, bubblefish, globefish, swellfis ...

found in warm parts of the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean. These

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are sometimes kept in aquaria. The largest species is ''A. stellatus'', which can reach in length.

Species

There are currently 14 recognized species in this genus:Eschmeyer, W. N., R. Fricke, and R. van der Laan, eds. (20 December 2016)
Catalog of Fishes
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Arothron caeruleopunctatus ''Arothron caeruleopunctatus'', also known as the blue-spotted pufferfish, is a demersal The demersal zone is the part of the sea or ocean (or deep lake) consisting of the part of the water column near to (and significantly affected by) the ...

'' Matsuura, 1994 (Blue-spotted puffer) * ''

Arothron carduus ''Arothron carduus'' is a ray-finned fish in the family Tetraodontidae. It is an uncommon species and is native to the tropical and sub-tropical Indo-Pacific region. Description This species is characterised by having narrow black convoluted ...

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Arothron diadematus The masked puffer (''Arothron diadematus'') is a pufferfish in the family Tetraodontidae. Distribution Red Sea only. Description Maximum length 30 cm, olive-green/grey with a black mask over the eyes and pectoral fins, mouth has a black b ...

'' ( Rüppell, 1829) (Masked puffer) * '' Arothron firmamentum'' (

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, 1850) (Starry puffer) * ''

Arothron gillbanksii ''Arothron gillbanksii'' is a species of pufferfish in the family Tetraodontidae. It is a temperate marine species native to New Zealand, although it is of uncertain classification and may belong to a genus other than ''Arothron ''Arothron'' i ...

'' (Clarke, 1897) * ''

Arothron hispidus The white-spotted puffer fish (''Arothron hispidus'') is a medium to large-sized puffer fish, it can reach 50 cm length. It is light grey in color, or greyish or yellowish, and clearly covered with more or less regular white points, that b ...

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, 1758) (White-spotted puffer) * ''

Arothron immaculatus ''Arothron immaculatus'', the immaculate puffer or yellow-eyed puffer, is a pale greyish to brownish pufferfish from the Indo-West Pacific. It is a species of marine fish in the family Tetraodontidae. Description The immaculate puffer is a puff ...

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& J. G. Schneider, 1801) (Immaculate puffer) * '' Arothron inconditus''

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, 1958 (Belly-striped puffer) * ''

Arothron leopardus ''Arothron leopardus'', known as the banded leopardblowfish, is a species of pufferfish in the family Tetraodontidae. It is a tropical marine species native to the Indian Ocean, where it is known from India, although its status as a species is un ...

'' (Day, 1989) (Banded leopardblowfish) * ''

Arothron manilensis ''Arothron'' is a genus in the pufferfish family Tetraodontidae found in warm parts of the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean. These species are sometimes kept in aquaria. The largest species is ''A. stellatus'', which can reach in length. Spe ...

'' ( Marion de Procé, 1822) (Narrow-lined puffer) * ''

Arothron mappa ''Arothron'' is a genus in the pufferfish family Tetraodontidae found in warm parts of the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean. These species are sometimes kept in aquaria. The largest species is ''A. stellatus'', which can reach in length. Spe ...

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, 1831) (Map puffer) * ''

Arothron meleagris ''Arothron meleagris'', commonly known as the guineafowl puffer or golden puffer, is a pufferfish from the Indo-Pacific, and Eastern Pacific. It is occasionally harvested for the aquarium trade. It reaches 50 cm in length. Guineafowl puffer ...

'' (Anonymous, referred to Lacépède, 1798) (Guineafowl puffer) * ''

Arothron multilineatus ''Arothron multilineatus'', the multilined pufferfish, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Tetraodontidae. It is an uncommon fish and is known only from four specimens from Pagbilao in the Philippines, although photographs of individual ...

'' Matsuura, 2016 (Many-lined puffer)Matsuura, K. (2016): A new pufferfish, ''Arothron multilineatus'' (Actinopterygii: Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae), from the Indo-West Pacific. ''Ichthyological Research, 63 (4): 480-486.'' * ''

Arothron nigropunctatus ''Arothron'' is a genus in the pufferfish family Tetraodontidae found in warm parts of the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean. These species are sometimes kept in aquaria. The largest species is ''A. stellatus'', which can reach in length. Spe ...

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& J. G. Schneider, 1801) (Black-spotted puffer) * '' Arothron reticularis'' (

& J. G. Schneider, 1801) (Reticulated puffer) * ''

Arothron stellatus ''Arothron stellatus'', also known as the stellate puffer, starry puffer, starry pufferfish, or starry toadfish, is a demersal marine fish belonging to the family Tetraodontidae. It is found in shallow water in the Indo-Pacific region. Desc ...

'' (Anonymous, referred to Lacépède, 1798) (Stellate puffer)

References

Ray-finned fish genera Taxa named by Johannes Peter Müller {{Tetraodontiformes-stub