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| Arothron reticularis (Bloch & Schneider
1801), the Reticulated Puffer. Indo-west Pacific. To sixteen inches
in length. Here's possibly a juv. one hiding behind some algae in N.
Sulawesi. |
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| Arothron stellatus (Bloch & Schneider
1801), the Starry Toado. Indo-Pacific, Red Sea, east coast of
Africa. To forty eight inches... not a misprint, yes, four feet in
length. For huge systems only... and devoted puffer lovers. A
captive specimen of about ten inches length and two individuals in
N. Sulawesi and Gili Air, Lombok, Indonesia. The last of much
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Chelonodon laticeps Smith 1948, the
Bluespotted Blassop. Western Indian Ocean (South Africa) and
Papua New Guinea. To eight inches. Brackish to Marine.
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Chelonodon patoca (Hamilton 1822), the
Milkspotted Puffer. Indo-Pacific. To eleven inches long. Prized
by some Japanese as a food fish.
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Chelonodon pleurospilus (Regan 1919).
Southwest Indian Ocean (river mouths of South Africa). To eight
inches in length.
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Contusus brevicaudus, Hardy 1981. Southwestern Pacific:
known from southern Australia. To ten inches in length.
Nocturnal.
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Contusus richei Freminville 1813, the Prickly Toadfish.
Indo-west Pacific. Temperate. To ten inches.
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Contusus richei Freminville 1813, the Prickly Toadfish.
Indo-west Pacific. Temperate. To ten inches.
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Feroxodon multistriatus (Richardson 1854),
the Manystriped Blowfish. Indo-West Pacific: northwestern
Australia and elsewhere in the region but mainly southwest
Pacific. This puffer is responsible for clipping off
swimmer's toes!
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Guentheridia formosa (Gunther 1870), the
Spotted Puffer. Eastern Pacific: from Costa Rica to Ecuador. To
ten inches in length. Carnivorous.
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Javichthys kailolae
Lagocephalus (13spp.)
Marilyna (3spp.)
Omegophora (2spp.)
Pelagocephalus marki
Polyspina piosae
Reicheltia halsteadi
Part
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Part II, Part III,
Part V, Part VI
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