Narrowlined Puffer, Arothron manilensis (Marion de Procé 1822)

Other Names: Manilla Puffer, Narrow Lined Puffer, Narrow-lined Puffer, Narrow-lined Pufferfish, Narrow-lined Toadfish, Striped Puffer

A Narrowlined Puffer, Arothron manilensis, on Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia, April 2015. Source: John Sear / iNaturalist.org. License: CC by Attribution-NonCommercial

Summary:

A pale greenish-grey to brownish puffer with narrow yellowish to dark brown stripes on sides that curve in front of the pectoral fin, and a large black spot around the pectoral-fin base and gill opening.

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Bray, D.J. 2022, Arothron manilensis in Fishes of Australia, accessed 24 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/847

Narrowlined Puffer, Arothron manilensis (Marion de Procé 1822)

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Distribution	Carnarvon, Western Australia, to Merimbula, New South Wales; also Ashmore Reef in the Timor Sea. Elsewhere the species occurs in the East-Indo-West Pacific: Myanmar through Indonesia, east to the Hawaiian Islands, Samoa and Tonga, north to southern Japan, south to New Caledonia. Inhabits estuaries and coastal waters, sheltered lagoons and reef flats, seagrass beds, mangroves, weedy and silty-sand areas near reefs. Juveniles often shelter amongst mangroves.
Features	Dorsal fin 9–11; Anal fin 9–10; Pectoral fin 16–19. Nasal organ with 2 bifid tentacles; Lateral line single; head and body covered in small spinules (may be embedded in skin).
Feeding	Feeds on crabs, small benthic crustaceans, gastropod molluscs, detritus and plant material.
Similar Species	This species may be misidentified as the Yellow-eye Puffer, Arothron immaculatus.
Etymology	The species is named for the type locality, Manila in the Philippines.
Species Citation	Tetrodon manilensis Procé, 1822, Bull. Soc. Philomath. Paris 1822: 130. Type locality: Bay of Manila, Philippines.
Author	Bray, D.J. 2022
Resources	Atlas of Living Australia Australian Faunal Directory Catalog of Fishes

Narrowlined Puffer, Arothron manilensis (Marion de Procé 1822)

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