BrackishSaltwater
White-spotted puffer
Arothron hispidus
Tetraodontidae, Tetraodontinae
Facts
Characteristics
- Length
- Up to 50 cm
- Body shape
- Deep-bodied
Care
- Group
- Missing
- Smallest aquarium
- 2,657 liters
- Diet
- Missing
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Behavior
- Temperament
- Semi-aggressive
- Swims
- Missing
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Water values
Smallest tank
2,657 liters251 × 126 × 84 cm · For one fish
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Try other measures in the appNative
Lives wild in Australia, Cambodia, China, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and 44 more countries.
More about the species
About the species
Inhabit outer reef slopes to depths of at least 50 m, inner reef flats and lagoons. Juveniles common in weedy areas of estuaries. Also found in coastal bays and estuaries, usually near rocky reef or on sand-stretches between reefs with low algae-rubble reef to about 20 meters depth, or in shallow with sparse seagrass growth. Benthopelagic. Usually solitary and territorial on sandy to rubble areas. Feed on fleshy, calcareous, or coralline algae, detritus, mollusks, tunicates, sponges, corals, zoanthid anemones, crabs, tube worms and echinoderms.
Source: FishBase
Other names
Other scientific names
- Arothon hispidus
- Arothron hispidus perspicillaris
- Crayracion hispidus
- Dilobomycterus hispidus
- Takifugu hispidus
- Tetraodon hispidus
In other languages
- Hvidplettet kuglefisk
- Harmaapallokala
- Broad barred puffer, Broad-barred pufferfish, Broad-barred toadfish, Broadbarred toadfish, Pufferfish, Stars and stripes puffer, Stars-and-stripes pufferfish, Stripebelly puffer, White spotted blow fish, Whitespotted blaasop, Whitespotted puffer
Articles
All articles
Fish that get along4 min read
Temperament, fin nippers, fish that eat other fish, and fish that need the same water. And what the Harmony mark in the app means.
How to add new fish4 min read
From the store to the tank: how to get the fish used to your water, why you should add only a few at a time, and what to watch for in the first few days.
Quarantine for new fish3 min read
Why new fish should live in a tank of their own for a few weeks before they move in, what you need, and what to look for.
From freshwater to saltwater3 min read
What is different in a saltwater aquarium: salt, refractometer, live rock and corals. An introduction for anyone thinking of giving it a try.