''Arothron'' is a

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in the pufferfish

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Tetraodontidae Tetraodontidae is a family of primarily marine and estuarine fish of the order Tetraodontiformes. The family includes many familiar species variously called pufferfish, puffers, balloonfish, blowfish, blowies, bubblefish, globefish, swellfis ...

found in warm parts of the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean. These

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are sometimes kept in aquaria. The largest species is ''A. stellatus'', which can reach in length.

Species

There are currently 14 recognized species in this genus:Eschmeyer, W. N., R. Fricke, and R. van der Laan, eds. (20 December 2016)
Catalog of Fishes
!-- search "Arothron" -->. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 20 December 2016. * '' Arothron caeruleopunctatus'' Matsuura, 1994 (Blue-spotted puffer) * '' Arothron carduus'' (

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, 1849) * '' Arothron diadematus'' ( Rüppell, 1829) (Masked puffer) * '' Arothron firmamentum'' (

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, 1850) (Starry puffer) * '' Arothron gillbanksii'' (Clarke, 1897) * ''

Arothron hispidus The white-spotted puffer fish (''Arothron hispidus'') is a medium to large-sized puffer fish, it can reach 50 cm length. It is light grey in color, or greyish or yellowish, and clearly covered with more or less regular white points, that b ...

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, 1758) (White-spotted puffer) * '' Arothron immaculatus'' (

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& J. G. Schneider, 1801) (Immaculate puffer) * '' Arothron inconditus'' J. L. B. Smith, 1958 (Belly-striped puffer) * '' Arothron leopardus'' (Day, 1989) (Banded leopardblowfish) * '' Arothron manilensis'' ( Marion de Procé, 1822) (Narrow-lined puffer) * '' Arothron mappa'' (

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, 1831) (Map puffer) * ''

Arothron meleagris ''Arothron meleagris'', commonly known as the guineafowl puffer or golden puffer, is a pufferfish from the Indo-Pacific, and Eastern Pacific. It is occasionally harvested for the aquarium trade. It reaches 50 cm in length. Guineafowl puffer ...

'' (Anonymous, referred to Lacépède, 1798) (Guineafowl puffer) * '' Arothron multilineatus'' Matsuura, 2016 (Many-lined puffer)Matsuura, K. (2016): A new pufferfish, ''Arothron multilineatus'' (Actinopterygii: Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae), from the Indo-West Pacific. ''Ichthyological Research, 63 (4): 480-486.'' * '' Arothron nigropunctatus'' (

& J. G. Schneider, 1801) (Black-spotted puffer) * '' Arothron reticularis'' (

& J. G. Schneider, 1801) (Reticulated puffer) * '' Arothron stellatus'' (Anonymous, referred to Lacépède, 1798) (Stellate puffer)

References

Ray-finned fish genera Taxa named by Johannes Peter Müller {{Tetraodontiformes-stub