Arothron

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]

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

Species

There are currently 14 recognized species in this genus:^[1][2]

• Arothron caeruleopunctatus Matsuura, 1994 (Blue-spotted puffer)
• Arothron carduus (Cantor, 1849)
• Arothron diadematus (Rüppell, 1829) (Masked puffer)
• Arothron firmamentum (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850) (Starry puffer)
• Arothron hispidus (Linnaeus, 1758) (White-spotted puffer)
• Arothron immaculatus (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) (Immaculate puffer)
• Arothron inconditus J. L. B. Smith, 1958 (Belly-striped puffer)
• Arothron manilensis (Marion de Procé, 1822) (Narrow-lined puffer)
• Arothron mappa (Lesson, 1831) (Map puffer)
• Arothron meleagris (Anonymous, referred to Lacépède, 1798) (Guineafowl puffer)
• Arothron multilineatus Matsuura, 2016 (Many-lined puffer)^[3]
• Arothron nigropunctatus (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) (Black-spotted puffer)
• Arothron reticularis (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) (Reticulated puffer)
• Arothron stellatus (Anonymous, referred to Lacépède, 1798) (Stellate puffer)

Synonyms

• Arothron aerostaticus (Jenyns, 1842) valid as Arothron stellatus
• Arothron gillbanksii (Clarke, 1897) valid as Arothron firmamentum
• Arothron leopardus (Day, 1878) valid as Chelonodon leopardus
• Arothron perspicillaris (Rüppell, 1829) valid as Arothron hispidus