Scientific Name	Arothron nigropunctatus   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Bloch & Schneider, 1801)	Depth	3 - 25M
Chinese	黑斑叉鼻魨	Poisonous Fish	Yes
Family_Chinese	四齒魨科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F509　Tetraodontidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	黑斑叉鼻魨
Max Length	33 cm	Aquarium Fish	Yes	Common Name	狗頭、污點河魨、規仔、刺規(臺東)
Distribution in World	India Ocean to Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	East、West、South、North、North East、ShaoLiuChew、LanI Is.、Greeb IS.、Tung Sa IS.、Nan Sa IS.
Habitats	Coral、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Tranquebar, India
Synonyms	Arothron citrinellus, Arothtron nigropunctatus, Tetraodon nigropunctatus, Tetraodon nigropunctatus var. citrinella, Tetrodon nigropunctatus, Tetrodon nigropunctatus var. citrinella
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Fishes of Japan(Nakabo, 2002)；中國動物誌-魨形目(蘇等, 2002)  Su, J. etc. 1986 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Nakabo T. 2002 Nakabo T. 2002 蘇錦祥, 李春生 編著 2002
Specimen List	ASIZP0054970. ASIZP0055386. ASIZP0057607. ASIZP0058174. FRIP01122. FRIP22418. NMMBP05617. NMMSTP00686. NTUM02356. NTUM02357. NTUM02358. NTUM02359.
Common Name	Puffer fish; Blackspotted blaasop; Black spotted puffer; Black spotted blow fish; Blackspotted puffer; Blackspotted toadfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
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