Arothron immaculatus

Arothron immaculatus

Estat de conservació
Risc mínim
UICN	193805
Taxonomia
Superregne	Holozoa
Regne	Animalia
Fílum	Chordata
Ordre	Tetraodontiformes
Família	Tetraodontidae
Gènere	Arothron
Espècie	Arothron immaculatus Bloch i Schneider, 1801

Arothron immaculatus és una espècie de peix de la família dels tetraodòntids i de l'ordre dels tetraodontiformes.

Morfologia

• Els mascles poden assolir 30 cm de longitud total.^[1]

Hàbitat

És un peix de clima tropical i associat als esculls de corall que viu entre 1-17 m de fondària.^[1][2]

Distribució geogràfica

Es troba des del Mar Roig i l'Àfrica oriental (incloent-hi la costa meridional de Sud-àfrica) fins a Indonèsia i el sud del Japó.^{[1][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32]}

Observacions

No es pot menjar, ja que és verinós per als humans.^[33][1]

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