Ecolist:
Puffers & Trunkfish |
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Pufferfish
[Comment: all have toxic
flesh; Arothron get large; Diodon prone to parasites.]
|
Item |
Scientific Name |
Location |
Rating |
Atlas# |
| Arothron / Panda |
Arothron diadematus |
Red Sea |
2 |
647 |
| Blue Dot |
Canthigaster epilamprus |
Hawaii |
2 |
650 |
| Dogface |
Arothron nigropunctatus |
Fiji/Hawaii/Coral Sea |
2 |
646 |
| Honeycomb |
Canthigaster janthinoptera |
Coral Sea |
2 |
650 |
| Longnose |
Canthigaster Solandri |
|
2 |
653 |
| Meleagris |
Arothron meleagris |
Mexico/Costa Rica |
2 |
645 |
| Porcupine |
Diodon hystrix |
|
2 |
654 |
| Saddle |
Canthigaster coronata |
Hawaii |
2 |
651 |
| Shortnose |
Canthigaster solandri |
Indian Ocean |
2 |
653 |
| Spiny Box |
Chilmycterus schoepfi |
Caribbean |
2 |
655 |
| Spotted |
Canthigaster jactator |
|
2 |
651 |
| Valentini |
Canthigaster valentini |
|
2 |
651 |
Trunk Fish
[Comment: can
release toxins in water; need small invertebrates for food.]
|
Item |
Scientific Name |
Location |
Rating |
Atlas# |
| Assorted |
Aulostomus chinensis |
|
4 |
119 |
| Colored |
Aulostomus chinensis |
|
4 |
119 |
| Australian Box |
Strophiurichthys robustus |
|
4 |
639 |
| Boxfish, Black (Female) |
Ostracion melegris |
Hawaii |
4 |
638 |
| Boxfish, Blue (Male) |
Ostracion melegris |
Hawaii |
4 |
638 |
| Cowfish |
Lactophrys quadricornis |
Atlantic |
4 |
641 |
| Cowfish, Longhorn |
Lactoria cornuta |
|
4 |
637 |
| Cubicus |
Ostracion cubicus |
|
4 |
639 |
| Flame |
Anaplocapros lenticularis |
Australia |
4 |
637 |
| Scribbled (Female) |
Ostracion solorensis |
Indian Ocean |
4 |
640 |
| Spotted |
Ostracion cyancurus |
Indian Ocean |
4 |
640 |
| Whitley's (Female) |
Ostracion whitleyi |
|
4 |
640 |
| Whitley's (Male) |
Ostracion whitleyi |
|
4 |
640 |
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