White-Spotted Puffer (yellow)

Q: Where can you find White-Spotted Puffer (yellow)?

White-Spotted Puffer (yellow) can be found in: Bali, Egypt East, Laccadive Islands, Mariana Islands, Cocos Island, Australia West, Saudi Arabia West, Oman North, Malaysia East, Costa Rica, Taiwan, Malpelo Island, Costa Rica West, Australia North, Marshall Islands, Malaysia West, Nusa Penida Island, Galapagos, Hawaii, Pacific East, Colombia West, Somalia East, Vanuatu, Sudan, Brunei, China, Ecuador, Myanmar, Eritrea, Australia, Hong Kong, Kenya, Qatar, India, Israel, USA West, Revillagigedo Islands, Mexico West, Japan South, India East, India West, Thailand East, Thailand West, Panama West, Israel South, Saudi Arabia East, Oman, Oman East, Somalia North, Australia East, Nicaragua West, Guatemala West, Honduras South, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Vietnam, Seychelles, Cambodia, Indo-Pacific, Papua New Guinea, French Polynesia, Iraq, Bangladesh, Polynesia, Singapore, Tanzania, Malaysia, Kuwait, Bahrain, USA, Honduras, South Africa, Red Sea, Japan, Indonesia, Chagos Islands, Mexico, Mozambique, Jordan, Palau, Philippines, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Micronesia, Egypt, Tonga and Samoa, Yemen, Mascarene Islands, Madagascar, Kiribati, Pakistan, Djibouti, El Salvador, Iran South, United Arab Emirates, Comoros, Fiji, Greece, Thailand, Panama, Saudi Arabia, Pacific Ocean, Colombia, Somalia, Nicaragua, Guatemala.

Arothron hispidus

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50 m

Arothron hispidus is a medium to large-sized puffer fish.

Description

It can reach 50 cm length. It is light grey in color, or greyish blue or yellowish, and clearly covered with more or less regular white points, that become concentric contrasting white and dark grey lines that radiate around the eyes and pectoral fins. The ventral part is white. The "shoulder" (around the pectoral fins) is dark, what is another distinctive feature of this species.

Distribution

Its distribution extends through the Indo-Pacific area, Red Sea included, to the eastern Pacific Ocean.

Habitat

It can be found at depths of three to 35 metres. Its habitat types include reefs, lagoons, estuaries, and tidepools. Its diet includes calcareous or coralline algae, molluscs, tunicates, sponges, corals, zoanthids, crabs, polychaetes, starfish, urchins, krill, and silversides. The adult is nocturnal and solitary. It is territorial, becoming somewhat aggressive.