Sealife guideThe masked pufferArothron diadematus
Last updated on 03/06/2024 at 12:27 AM
Taxonomy
English names
Masked puffer
French namesPoisson ballon masqué
Scientific nameArothron diadematus (Rüppell, 1829)
FamilyTetraodontidae
OrderTetraodontiformes
ClassActinopterygii
The masked puffer (Arothron diadematus) © Stephankerkhofs | Dreamstime.com
Within the same genus
Blackspotted pufferArothron nigropunctatus
Guineafowl pufferArothron meleagris
Immaculate pufferfishArothron immaculatus
Map pufferArothron mappa
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
Discover also
Banded snake eelMyrichthys colubrinus
Black-faced blennyTripterygion delaisi
Giant hawkfishCirrhitus rivulatus
Long barbeled grunterHapalogenys sennin
Ribbon eelRhinomuraena quaesita
Three spot angelfishApolemichthys trimaculatus
Two spined angelfishCentropyge bispinosa
Yellow and blueback fusilierCaesio teres
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