Sealife guideThe starry pufferfishArothron stellatus

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)
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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
White-spotted puffer (Arothron hispidus)
White-spotted puffer
(Arothron hispidus)
Blackspotted puffer (Arothron nigropunctatus)
Blackspotted puffer
(Arothron nigropunctatus)
Immaculate pufferfish (Arothron immaculatus)
Immaculate pufferfish
(Arothron immaculatus)
Masked puffer (Arothron diadematus)
Masked puffer
(Arothron diadematus)
Guineafowl puffer (Arothron meleagris)
Guineafowl puffer
(Arothron meleagris)
Narrow lined pufferfish (Arothron manilensis)
Narrow lined pufferfish
(Arothron manilensis)
Within the same family
Valentin's sharpnose puffer (Canthigaster valentini)
Valentin's sharpnose puffer
(Canthigaster valentini)
Bandtail puffer (Sphoeroides spengleri)
Bandtail puffer
(Sphoeroides spengleri)
Checkered puffer (Sphoeroides testudineus)
Checkered puffer
(Sphoeroides testudineus)
Pearl toby (Canthigaster margaritata)
Pearl toby
(Canthigaster margaritata)
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Jolthead porgy (Calamus bajonado)
Jolthead porgy
(Calamus bajonado)
Bicolor damselfish (Stegastes partitus)
Bicolor damselfish
(Stegastes partitus)
White grunt (Haemulon plumierii)
White grunt
(Haemulon plumierii)
Tail-spot wrasse (Halichoeres melanurus)
Tail-spot wrasse
(Halichoeres melanurus)
Blacktail angelfish (Centropyge eibli)
Blacktail angelfish
(Centropyge eibli)
Lined rabbitfish (Siganus lineatus)
Lined rabbitfish
(Siganus lineatus)
Banded snake eel (Myrichthys colubrinus)
Banded snake eel
(Myrichthys colubrinus)
Banded pipefish (Dunckerocampus dactyliophorus)
Banded pipefish
(Dunckerocampus dactyliophorus)

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