Description

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 11 - 12; Anal soft rays: 10 - 12.

Common Names

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Blue-spotted puffer , English , Micronesia

Bluespotted puffer , English , Australia

Sinitäpiline arotroon , Estonian , Estonia

Sinitäpiline pallkala , Estonian , Estonia

Kalavo kawakawa , Fijian , Fiji

Arare-fugu , Japanese , Japan

蓝点叉鼻鲀 , Mandarin Chinese , China

藍點叉鼻魨 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Butiti , Tagbanwa Calamian , Philippines

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Tetraodontiformes

Family: Tetraodontidae

Genus: Arothron

Species: Arothron caeruleopunctatus Matsuura, 1994

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Indo-West Pacific: Reunion and Maldives, eastward through Indonesia and Papua New Guinea to the Coral Sea, and northward to Japan.

Biology

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Found primarily in coral reefs. Also occurs in temperate waters. Solitary (Ref. 90102).

Habitat

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associated