Sealife guideThe immaculate pufferfishArothron immaculatus
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

White-spotted puffer
(Arothron hispidus)
(Arothron hispidus)

Blackspotted puffer
(Arothron nigropunctatus)
(Arothron nigropunctatus)

Starry pufferfish
(Arothron stellatus)
(Arothron stellatus)

Masked puffer
(Arothron diadematus)
(Arothron diadematus)

Guineafowl puffer
(Arothron meleagris)
(Arothron meleagris)

Narrow lined pufferfish
(Arothron manilensis)
(Arothron manilensis)
Within the same family

Valentin's sharpnose puffer
(Canthigaster valentini)
(Canthigaster valentini)

Bandtail puffer
(Sphoeroides spengleri)
(Sphoeroides spengleri)

Checkered puffer
(Sphoeroides testudineus)
(Sphoeroides testudineus)

Pearl toby
(Canthigaster margaritata)
(Canthigaster margaritata)
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(Dascyllus melanurus)
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(Valenciennea strigata)
(Valenciennea strigata)

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(Semicossyphus pulcher)
(Semicossyphus pulcher)

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(Spicara maena)
(Spicara maena)

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(Plectropomus oligacanthus)
(Plectropomus oligacanthus)

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(Epinephelus malabaricus)
(Epinephelus malabaricus)

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(Holacanthus tricolor)
(Holacanthus tricolor)

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(Amphiprion percula)
(Amphiprion percula)
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