#2312 · 🐟 fish

Blackspotted Puffer

Arothron nigropunctatus

LCleast concern 🐟 Fish 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Mark Rosenstein · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Erwin Kodiat · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
3. © Mark Rosenstein · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Sascha Schulz · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © 104623964081378888743 · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Mark Rosenstein · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © 104623964081378888743 · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © Fabio Moretzsohn · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. © Richard Ling · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
10. © Mark Rosenstein · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The blackspotted puffer ( Arothron nigropunctatus ), also known as the dog-faced puffer , is a tropical marine fish belonging to the family Tetraodontidae.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 4,937iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
4,937 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Marcus Elieser Bloch in 1801 (225 years ago).