Arothron meleagris: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Actinopterygii
Order
Tetraodontiformes
Family
Tetraodontidae
Genus
Arothron
Species
Arothron meleagris
Scientific Name
Arothron meleagris

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Arothron meleagris

Arothron meleagris, commonly known as the guineafowl puffer or golden puffer, is a pufferfish from the Indo-Pacific, and Eastern Pacific. It is occasionally caught for the aquarium trade. It reaches 50 centimetres (20 in) in length.

Guineafowl puffers have heavy rounded bodies that are uniformly black with numerous small white spots (black puffer or botete negro), bright yellow spots (golden puffer or botete dorado) or a mixture of the two morphologies with bright yellow spots and black patches. They have large blunt heads with short snouts and are equipped with a set of massive teeth. They have small and similarly shaped anal and dorsal fins that are well back on their body. Their caudal fin base is long and deep and their caudal fin is rounded. Their body is covered with small denticles that resemble coarse sandpaper. When this fish is scared or frightened, they inflate and make themselves larger, exposing the denticles.

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Arothron meleagris in languages:

Danish
Perlehønefisk
Dutch
Parelhoen kogelvis
English
Guineafowl Puffer
English
White-spotted puffer
English
Whitespotted Pufferfish
English
White-spotted Pufferfish
French
Poisson-ballon pintade
German
Perlhuhn-Kugelfisch
German
Sternen-Kugelfisch
Japanese
ミゾレフグ
Portuguese
Baiacu-pintado
Russian
Белоточечный аротрон

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