Arothron immaculatus
Immaculate puffer | |
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The immaculate puffer (top), compared to two patterned species | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
Family: | Tetraodontidae |
Genus: | Arothron |
Species: | A. immaculatus |
Binomial name | |
Arothron immaculatus (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) | |
Arothron immaculatus, the immaculate puffer, is a pufferfish from the Indo-West Pacific. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It reaches 30 cm in length.

Arothron immaculatus in camouflage.
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2008). "Arothron immaculatus" in FishBase. December 2008 version.
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