Sealife guideThe guineafowl pufferArothron meleagris
Last updated on 12/02/2025 at 12:40 AM
Taxonomy
English names
Guineafowl puffer
French namesPoisson ballon pintade
Spanish namesBotete aletas punteadas
Scientific nameArothron meleagris (Anonymous, 1798)
FamilyTetraodontidae
OrderTetraodontiformes
ClassActinopterygii
Did you know ?
The guineafowl puffer is listed as many other marine species within The IUCN Red List of threatened species. The guineafowl puffer appears in the IUCN Red List since 2014 within the category Least Concern !
The guineafowl puffer (Arothron meleagris) © Andris Lipskis | Dreamstime.com
The guineafowl puffer (Arothron meleagris) © Seadam | Dreamstime.com
Within the same genus
Blackspotted pufferArothron nigropunctatus
Immaculate pufferfishArothron immaculatus
Map pufferArothron mappa
Masked pufferArothron diadematus
Narrow lined pufferfishArothron manilensis
Starry pufferfishArothron stellatus
White-spotted pufferArothron hispidus
Within the same family
Bandtail pufferSphoeroides spengleri
Checkered pufferSphoeroides testudineus
Pearl tobyCanthigaster margaritata
Valentin's sharpnose pufferCanthigaster valentini
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