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Arothron manilensis (Marion de Procé, 1822)

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9 - 11; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 9 - 10. Body covered with prickles. Many longitudinal dark stripes on body, although the stripes sometimes faint (Ref. 559).

Common Names

  • Lesh , Carolinian , Micronesia
  • Narrow-lined puffer , English , Guam
  • Narrow-lined puffer , English , Malaysia
  • Narrow-lined puffer , English , Hawaii
  • Narrow-lined pufferfish , English , Indonesia
  • Narrowlined toadfish , English , Papua New Guinea
  • Striped puffer , English , Micronesia
  • Striped puffer , English , Hawaii
  • Kalavo ni vutia , Fijian , Fiji
  • Viirupallokala , Finnish , Finland
  • Suji-moyôfugu , Japanese , Japan
  • Buntal , Malay , Malaysia
  • Buntal-pasir garis , Malay , Malaysia
  • 線紋叉鼻魨 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 线纹叉鼻鲀 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 菲律宾叉鼻鲀 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 菲律賓叉鼻魨 , Mandarin Chinese , Taiwan/Ch Taipei
  • Butete , Tagalog , Philippines
  • Butiti , Tagbanwa Calamian , Philippines

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Tetraodontiformes

    Family: Tetraodontidae

    Genus: Arothron

    Species: Arothron manilensis (Marion de Procé, 1822)

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

  • Western Pacific: Borneo, Philippines, and northwest Australia to Samoa, north to the Ryukyu Islands, south to New South Wales, Australia and Tonga.

    • Biology

    Inhabits muddy substrates, usually shallow coastal slopes to about 20 meters depth and in shallow estuaries (Ref. 48637). Occurs in estuaries, sheltered reef flats, and lagoons to a depth of more than 17 m. Common in seagrass beds and sandy areas; juveniles found among mangroves (Ref. 1602). Benthopelagic (Ref. 58302).

    Habitat

    brackish