#arothron

Guineafowl Puffer aka Golden Puffer (Arothron meleagris), family Tetraodontidae, order Tetraodontiformes, from the Indo-Pacific and Eastern Pacific

B - Yellow Form MB - Dark Form MT - Dark form puffed up T - Juvenile dark form

Starry Toadfish Arothron firmamentum

A pufferfish found in subtropical oceans worldwide.

A map pufferfish (Arothron mappa) off the coast of South Rinca Island, Indonesia

Blackspotted pufferfish (Arothron nigropunctatus)

Stellate puffer juvenile  (Starry Pufferfish)

Arothron stellatus (Tetraodontiformes - Tetraodontidae), better known as Stellate puffer, is a relatively uncommon fish which occurs in patch reefs and coral slopes near sandy areas of clear lagoon and seaward reefs, in the Indo-Pacific and the Southeast Atlantic.

This puffer can be recognized by its coloration. Adults are white with numerous small black spots that become relatively smaller and more numerous as the fish grows. Juveniles are orange with small black spots. They have diagonal black bands crossing the abdomen.

The species grows to 1.2 m in length.

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Baby Reticulated Pufferfish by Stephane Bailliez