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Blue-spotted puffer
Arothron caeruleopunctatus
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Blue-spotted puffer
- Scientific
- Arothron caeruleopunctatus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 80 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 2 to 50 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2011
Description
A large pufferfish covered in small blue spots, with blue rings around the eye, reaching about 80 cm. It is solitary on coral reefs.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Arothron-caeruleopunctatus.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Blue-spotted_puffer_(Arothron_caeruleopunctatus)_(437102639
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.