Many-lined pufferfish

Arothron multilineatus

Pufferfish of Philippine Waters

Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Pacific Ocean
Africa
East Asia
Elongated
Medium
Tropical fish

Arothron multilineatus, the multilined pufferfish, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Tetraodontidae. It is an uncommon fish and is known only from four specimens from Pagbilao in the Philippines, although photographs of individuals in the Ryukyu Islands, Mozambique and the Red Sea show that it has a wide distribution. It was first described by the Japanese ichthyologist Keiichi Matsuura in 2016.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Puffers, Triggerfishes, and Allies
Family: Tetraodontidae
Genus: Arothron
Maximum length: 43 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Japan (Ryukyu Is.); photographed from Mozambique and literature record from the Phlippines..

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