Arothron

<i>Arothron</i>

Arothron

Genus of fishes

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]

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Species

There are currently 16 recognized species in this genus:[1][2]

References

  1. [1]
    Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). Species of Arothron in FishBase. December 2016 version.
  2. [2]
    Eschmeyer, W. N., R. Fricke, and R. van der Laan, eds. (20 December 2016). Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  3. [3]
    Matsuura, K. (2016): A new pufferfish, Arothron multilineatus (Actinopterygii: Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae), from the Indo-West Pacific. Ichthyological Research, 63 (4): 480-486.


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