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Bluespotted Puffer
Arothron caeruleopunctatus Matsuura, 1994
A Bluespotted Puffer at a depth of 14 m, Tak's Mooring, Ribbon Reef #3, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, February 2005. Photo © Á. Lumnitzer. View larger image.
The Bluespotted Puffer can be recognised by its colouration. It is yellow or brown dorsally and pale below. There are numerous small dark-edged blue spots on the body and median fins. The eyes are surrounded by blue and brown rings.
It grows to 80 cm in length.
This species occurs in coral reef waters of the Indo-West Pacific.
In Australia it is known from the Coral Sea, Queensland.
Related links
- Blackspotted Pufferfish fact sheet
- Map Pufferfish fact sheet
- Narrow-lined Pufferfish fact sheet
- Starry Pufferfish fact sheet
- Stars and Stripes Toadfish fact sheet
- View the Pufferfishes list
Further reading
- Randall, J.E. 2005. Reef and Shore Fishes of the South Pacific: New Caledonia to Tahiti and the Pitcairn Islands. University of Hawai’i Press. Pp. 584.
- Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & R.C. Steene. 1997. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Crawford House Press. Pp. 557.
