Sealife guideThe masked pufferArothron diadematus

Last updated on 03/06/2024 at 12:27 AM
Taxonomy
English names Masked puffer
French namesPoisson ballon masqué
Scientific nameArothron diadematus (Rüppell, 1829)
FamilyTetraodontidae
OrderTetraodontiformes
ClassActinopterygii
The masked puffer (Arothron diadematus)
The masked puffer (Arothron diadematus) ©  | Dreamstime.com
Within the same genus
Blackspotted puffer
Blackspotted pufferArothron nigropunctatus
Guineafowl puffer
Guineafowl pufferArothron meleagris
Immaculate pufferfish
Immaculate pufferfishArothron immaculatus
Map puffer
Map pufferArothron mappa
Narrow lined pufferfish
Narrow lined pufferfishArothron manilensis
Starry pufferfish
Starry pufferfishArothron stellatus
White-spotted puffer
White-spotted pufferArothron hispidus
Within the same family
Bandtail puffer
Bandtail pufferSphoeroides spengleri
Checkered puffer
Checkered pufferSphoeroides testudineus
Pearl toby
Pearl tobyCanthigaster margaritata
Valentin's sharpnose puffer
Valentin's sharpnose pufferCanthigaster valentini
Discover also
Bluescaled wrasse
Bluescaled wrasseCirrhilabrus cyanopleura
Eschmeyer's scorpionfish
Eschmeyer's scorpionfishRhinopias eschmeyeri
Goldspotted eel
Goldspotted eelMyrichthys ocellatus
Harlequin sweetlips
Harlequin sweetlipsPlectorhinchus chaetodonoides
Mediterranean rainbow wrasse
Mediterranean rainbow wrasseCoris julis
Ternate damselfish
Ternate damselfishAmblyglyphidodon ternatensis
Three spot angelfish
Three spot angelfishApolemichthys trimaculatus
Yellow-spotted triggerfish
Yellow-spotted triggerfishPseudobalistes fuscus
The marine species in the Red Sea
Exquisite butterflyfish
Exquisite butterflyfishChaetodon austriacus
Leopard blenny
Leopard blennyExallias brevis
Moon jellyfish
Moon jellyfishAurelia aurita
Orangespine unicornfish
Orangespine unicornfishNaso lituratus
Red Sea fire sea urchin
Red Sea fire sea urchinAsthenosoma marisrubri
Roving coral grouper
Roving coral grouperPlectropomus pessuliferus
Starry pufferfish
Starry pufferfishArothron stellatus
Titan triggerfish
Titan triggerfishBalistoides viridescens

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