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)
(Arothron nigropunctatus)
Guineafowl puffer
(Arothron meleagris)
(Arothron meleagris)
Immaculate pufferfish
(Arothron immaculatus)
(Arothron immaculatus)
Masked puffer
(Arothron diadematus)
(Arothron diadematus)
Narrow lined pufferfish
(Arothron manilensis)
(Arothron manilensis)
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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(Corythoichthys intestinalis)
(Corythoichthys intestinalis)
Black damselfish
(Neoglyphidodon melas)
(Neoglyphidodon melas)
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(Macropharyngodon negrosensis)
(Macropharyngodon negrosensis)
Blue-barred parrotfish
(Scarus ghobban)
(Scarus ghobban)
Randall's prawn goby
(Amblyeleotris randalli)
(Amblyeleotris randalli)
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(Ostorhinchus sealei)
(Ostorhinchus sealei)
Snowflake moray
(Echidna nebulosa)
(Echidna nebulosa)
Thornback cowfish
(Lactoria fornasini)
(Lactoria fornasini)
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