Arothron

Arothron
Narrow-lined puffer (Arothron manilensis)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Tetraodontidae
Subfamily: Tetraodontinae
Genus: Arothron
J. P. Müller, 1841

Arothron is a genus in the pufferfish family Tetraodontidae found in warm parts of the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean. These species are sometimes kept in aquaria. The largest species is A. stellatus, which can reach 1.2 m (3.9 ft) in length.[1]

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). Species of Arothron in FishBase. December 2016 version.

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