Sealife guideThe starry pufferfishArothron stellatus

Last updated on 03/06/2024 at 12:27 AM

Taxonomy

Common name: Starry pufferfish, starry toadfish, blackspotted puffer
French name: Poisson ballon étoilé
Spanish name: Pez globo gigante
Scientific name: Arothron stellatus (Anonymous, 1798)
Family name: Tetraodontidae
Order name: Tetraodontiformes
Class name: Actinopterygii

Did you know ?

The starry pufferfish is the largest species of pufferfish.

The starry pufferfish (Arothron stellatus) © Tomas Ciernik | Dreamstime.com

The starry pufferfish is listed as many other marine species within The IUCN Red List of threatened species. The starry pufferfish appears in the IUCN Red List since 2014 within the category Least Concern !

Within the same genus

Blackspotted puffer
(Arothron nigropunctatus)

Guineafowl puffer
(Arothron meleagris)

Immaculate pufferfish
(Arothron immaculatus)

Map puffer
(Arothron mappa)

Masked puffer
(Arothron diadematus)

Narrow lined pufferfish
(Arothron manilensis)

White-spotted puffer
(Arothron hispidus)

Within the same family

Bandtail puffer
(Sphoeroides spengleri)

Checkered puffer
(Sphoeroides testudineus)

Pearl toby
(Canthigaster margaritata)

Valentin's sharpnose puffer
(Canthigaster valentini)

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Black damselfish
(Neoglyphidodon melas)

Eschmeyer's scorpionfish
(Rhinopias eschmeyeri)

Greasy grouper
(Epinephelus tauvina)

Red indian fish
(Pataecus fronto)

Redfin butterflyfish
(Chaetodon lunulatus)

Rusty angelfish
(Centropyge ferrugata)

Two-spot red snapper
(Lutjanus bohar)

Two spined angelfish
(Centropyge bispinosa)

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