Sealife guideThe immaculate pufferfishArothron immaculatus
Last updated on 02/15/2024 at 11:45 PM
Taxonomy
- Common name: Immaculate pufferfish
- French name: Poisson ballon immaculé
- Scientific name: Arothron immaculatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
- Family name: Tetraodontidae
- Order name: Tetraodontiformes
- Class name: Actinopterygii
Did you know ?
The immaculate pufferfish is listed as many other marine species within The IUCN Red List of threatened species. The immaculate pufferfish appears in the IUCN Red List since 2014 within the category Least Concern !

The immaculate pufferfish (Arothron immaculatus) © Orlandin | Dreamstime.com
Within the same genus

Blackspotted puffer
(Arothron nigropunctatus)
(Arothron nigropunctatus)

Guineafowl puffer
(Arothron meleagris)
(Arothron meleagris)

Masked puffer
(Arothron diadematus)
(Arothron diadematus)

Narrow lined pufferfish
(Arothron manilensis)
(Arothron manilensis)

Starry pufferfish
(Arothron stellatus)
(Arothron stellatus)

White-spotted puffer
(Arothron hispidus)
(Arothron hispidus)
Within the same family

Bandtail puffer
(Sphoeroides spengleri)
(Sphoeroides spengleri)

Checkered puffer
(Sphoeroides testudineus)
(Sphoeroides testudineus)

Pearl toby
(Canthigaster margaritata)
(Canthigaster margaritata)

Valentin's sharpnose puffer
(Canthigaster valentini)
(Canthigaster valentini)
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Banded pipefish
(Dunckerocampus dactyliophorus)
(Dunckerocampus dactyliophorus)

Buffalo sculpin
(Enophrys bison)
(Enophrys bison)

Cottonwick grunt
(Haemulon melanurum)
(Haemulon melanurum)

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(Oxycheilinus mentalis)
(Oxycheilinus mentalis)

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(Pristiapogon exostigma)
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Redband parrotfish
(Sparisoma aurofrenatum)
(Sparisoma aurofrenatum)

Shadowfin soldierfish
(Myripristis adusta)
(Myripristis adusta)

White seabream
(Diplodus sargus)
(Diplodus sargus)
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