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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Eupercaria
Ordo: Tetraodontiformes
Subordo: Tetraodontoidei

Familia: Tetraodontidae
Genus: Arothron
Species: A. caeruleopunctatus – A. carduus – A. diadematus – A. firmamentum – A. gillbanksii – A. hispidus – A. immaculatus – A. inconditus – A. leopardus – A. manilensis – A. mappa – A. meleagris – A. multilineatus – A. nigropunctatus – A. reticularis – A. stellatus
Name

Arothron Müller, 1841

Type species: Tetrodon testudinarius Müller, 1841

Synonyms

Boesemanichthys Abe, 1952
Catophorhynchus Troschel, 1856
Catophorhynque Bibron, in Duméril, 1855
Crayracion Klein, 1777
Crayracion Klein, in Walbaum, 1792
Crayracion Bleeker, 1865
Cyprichthys Whitley, 1936
Dilobomyctère Bibron, in Duméril, 1855
Dilobomycterus Troschel, 1856
Dilobomycter Hollard, 1857
Kanduka Hora, 1924

References

Müller, J.; 1841: Vergleichende Anatomie der Myxinoiden. Dritte Fortsetzung. Über das Gefässystem. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1839: 175–304, Pls. 1-5.
Kottelat, M. 2013. The fishes of the inland waters of southeast Asia: a catalogue and core bibiography of the fishes known to occur in freshwaters, mangroves and estuaries. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement No. 27: 1–663. PDF. Reference page.

Links

Arothron – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names
English: Fat puffer
italiano: Pesce palla
ไทย: ปลาปักเป้าอ้วน

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]
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 gillbanksii (Clarke, 1897)
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 leopardus (Day, 1989) (Banded leopardblowfish)
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)

References

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). Species of Arothron in FishBase. December 2016 version.
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.
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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