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Nikolai Vladimirov, license: CC BY-NC 4.0, source: iNaturalist
Superclass:
Osteichthyes
Class:
Teleostei
Order:
Tetraodontiformes
Family:
Tetraodontidae
Subfamily:
Tetraodontinae
Genus:
Arothron
Species:
hispidus
Common:
White-spotted puffer
Climates:
Tropical
Temperate
Subtropical
Boreal
Waters:
Brackish water
Marine
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Regions:
Atlantic, Southeast
Indian Ocean, Eastern
Indian Ocean, Western
Pacific, Eastern Central
Pacific, Northwest
Pacific, Southeast
Pacific, Southwest
Pacific, Western Central
Mediterranean and Black Sea
Laxminarsimha Chary, K., Sreekanth, G. B., Deshmukh, M. K., Sharma, N. 2020. Marine Soundscape and Fish Chorus in an Archipelago Ecosystem Comprising Bio-Diverse Tropical Islands off Goa Coast, india. Aquatic Ecology, 54(2): 475-493.
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Species Identified
Sound Detected
Active
Passive Feeding
Other Passive
Morphophysiological
Auditory
Visual
Tricas, T. C., Boyle, K. S. 2014. Acoustic Behaviors in Hawaiian Coral Reef Fish Communities. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 511: 1-16.